Camber adjustment on 2002 c230
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Camber adjustment on 2002 c230
Ive got h&r lowering springs on my 2002 C230 and the rear and front camber are both not what they should be, obviously because the car is lowered a little. The issue is there isnt a way to adjust camber on the stock suspension, are there any adjustable parts available that I havent been able to find? I saw some control arms for the rear but I cant find anything on the front. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated as my tires are being eaten alive.
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Both the front and rear toe can be adjusted.
There are fluted bolts available for the front that will shift the wheel inwards or outwards by 4mm. As there are 2 control arms per wheel, there are 9 possible positions (+4mm, 0, -4mm for each arm).
There's a document floating around here somewhere that shows the change in camber and caster with respect to each position.
Anything outside of that and you're looking at aftermarket components.
My car is also slightly lowered, and the front tires wear on the outside and the rears wear on the inside. Personally I just live with it, though I'll probably adjust the fronts when the control arms get replaced.
There are fluted bolts available for the front that will shift the wheel inwards or outwards by 4mm. As there are 2 control arms per wheel, there are 9 possible positions (+4mm, 0, -4mm for each arm).
There's a document floating around here somewhere that shows the change in camber and caster with respect to each position.
Anything outside of that and you're looking at aftermarket components.
My car is also slightly lowered, and the front tires wear on the outside and the rears wear on the inside. Personally I just live with it, though I'll probably adjust the fronts when the control arms get replaced.
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Alright, time to search the forum more thoroughly. I can live with the wear pattern on the front but the rears are pretty extreme and its absolutely chomping through tires. If i find those adjustable rear control arms I remember seeing Ill link them here, they werent very expensive and looked like a pretty easy install.
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For the rear you must install camber adjuster bolts or an adjustable control arm.. If your car had contact to salt,be prepared that the toe cannot be adjusted anymore due to aluminium corrosion of the inner joint/adjuster bolts.
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So far ive found these arms for the rear and this set of bolts for the front. Does that look about right, four of those bolts for the front camber and caster and two of those control arms in the back.h
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...eQbfPsxURgs%3D
https://meganracing.com/product/mrs-mb-0310-i/
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...eQbfPsxURgs%3D
https://meganracing.com/product/mrs-mb-0310-i/
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Looks good. I would ask what Mercedes takes for the bolts, sometimes they are not too expensive. (I'm not a fan of nylon lock nuts at suspension parts, had some coming with the Bilstein shocks and they have been the only ones on my car come lose) At least I would buy the Mercedes lock nuts in addition.
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thats huge! thank you for finding that. I found one in German that had notes on alignment but it wasnt the right one for what Im looking for.
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I could have sworn my control arms already have the fluted bolts installed, Ill try to adjust it using the document smgak found and if im able to get a meaningful change then that means Ill just need the rear arms and the tire place should be able to do the front just fine.
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I was worried about that but I think the one I found is stainless steel so it should hold up ok, Ive already had the front and rear completely taken apart when I installed the springs so it should be pretty straightforward to install the rear control arms
