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Old 10-21-2012, 06:19 PM
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MY12 W204 Sport Plus Airrex air ride install

Got a spare bit of money sitting around and wanting to order Airrex Stage 3 wireless air ride kit with custom Camber plates. When I do buy it I'm going to start a build thread with my results. Just wondering if anyone could give me any heads up or advise it would be much appreciated. I'm running 18'' wheels which came on the car. I'm wanting the wheels to tuck inside the arches when fully aired out rather than a Stanced look. I've added a picture of my car so you guys could get a picture in your heads of what it would be like.

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as far as I know there was only 1 w204 that i've seen on air from europe... a silver one that could lay frame. I think it was on 17's, but more of a stanced looked than a tucked one. I'll be watching here for updates
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Look up stance lab they are in the sf bay area and he is also a member here but don't remember his name on here. But he is cool and I think he just bagged a black series for a local dealership
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I have heard that with the independent rear suspension you will actually create negative camber by lowering the car. I would put he air ride on first and go from there before you order all types of camber plates and take adjustment efforts.
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I have heard that with the independent rear suspension you will actually create negative camber by lowering the car. I would put he air ride on first and go from there before you order all types of camber plates and take adjustment efforts.
The camber plates are for adjusting camber of the front wheels I believe, it never mentioned anything to do with the rear camber
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If you're going the airride route you should be running negative camber, it's part of stancing the car. Running stock camber specs on a bagged car is just pointless. May as well skip the airride all together. If you need to adjust the rears to dial in the stance you'll need custom adjustable camber bolts. There's a forum sponser on here that just started selling them for $250 I believe.
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Originally Posted by Cleanbenz
If you're going the airride route you should be running negative camber, it's part of stancing the car. Running stock camber specs on a bagged car is just pointless. May as well skip the airride all together. If you need to adjust the rears to dial in the stance you'll need custom adjustable camber bolts. There's a forum sponser on here that just started selling them for $250 I believe.
Thanks very much for the reply mate, how do I find the page with these camber bolts? Also, would you know if I'd need to change the drop links if I'm running air?

Lewis

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