Camber/TOE kit
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2005 C230 Kompressor
Camber/TOE kit
I have a 2005 MB C230. I love the car but I have one issue that I realized needs to be corrected.
I purchased this car used in 2011 and I knew it had been wrecked before. Mercedes Benz are the ones who worked on the vehicle and they CERTIFIED it.
In 2012 I had to purchase 2 new rear tires which I thought was normal until I just had to purchase 2 more today because the inner of each rear tire is worn almost all the way down. I took it to our local Ford place after I purchased new tires today and after working on it they said that the camber/toe is adjusted all the way that it can be adjust. They mentioned I should be able to get a kit to correct this issue.
Can anyone point me to the correct adjustable kit besides the ones on ebay? I've read on here and other places this is a common problem with these cars and people had to purchase the kits to correct it. I don't want to keep spending $$$ every 2 years to purchase new tires.
I am a little upset at Mercedes Benz for certifying this vehicle and they said everything was good to go.
Thanks for all you help.
I purchased this car used in 2011 and I knew it had been wrecked before. Mercedes Benz are the ones who worked on the vehicle and they CERTIFIED it.
In 2012 I had to purchase 2 new rear tires which I thought was normal until I just had to purchase 2 more today because the inner of each rear tire is worn almost all the way down. I took it to our local Ford place after I purchased new tires today and after working on it they said that the camber/toe is adjusted all the way that it can be adjust. They mentioned I should be able to get a kit to correct this issue.
Can anyone point me to the correct adjustable kit besides the ones on ebay? I've read on here and other places this is a common problem with these cars and people had to purchase the kits to correct it. I don't want to keep spending $$$ every 2 years to purchase new tires.
I am a little upset at Mercedes Benz for certifying this vehicle and they said everything was good to go.
Thanks for all you help.
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I have a 2005 MB C230. I love the car but I have one issue that I realized needs to be corrected.
I purchased this car used in 2011 and I knew it had been wrecked before. Mercedes Benz are the ones who worked on the vehicle and they CERTIFIED it.
In 2012 I had to purchase 2 new rear tires which I thought was normal until I just had to purchase 2 more today because the inner of each rear tire is worn almost all the way down. I took it to our local Ford place after I purchased new tires today and after working on it they said that the camber/toe is adjusted all the way that it can be adjust. They mentioned I should be able to get a kit to correct this issue.
Can anyone point me to the correct adjustable kit besides the ones on ebay? I've read on here and other places this is a common problem with these cars and people had to purchase the kits to correct it. I don't want to keep spending $$$ every 2 years to purchase new tires.
I am a little upset at Mercedes Benz for certifying this vehicle and they said everything was good to go.
Thanks for all you help.
I purchased this car used in 2011 and I knew it had been wrecked before. Mercedes Benz are the ones who worked on the vehicle and they CERTIFIED it.
In 2012 I had to purchase 2 new rear tires which I thought was normal until I just had to purchase 2 more today because the inner of each rear tire is worn almost all the way down. I took it to our local Ford place after I purchased new tires today and after working on it they said that the camber/toe is adjusted all the way that it can be adjust. They mentioned I should be able to get a kit to correct this issue.
Can anyone point me to the correct adjustable kit besides the ones on ebay? I've read on here and other places this is a common problem with these cars and people had to purchase the kits to correct it. I don't want to keep spending $$$ every 2 years to purchase new tires.
I am a little upset at Mercedes Benz for certifying this vehicle and they said everything was good to go.
Thanks for all you help.
With K-MAC we manufacture not only rear Camber adjustment but also extra rear toe to compensate for the Camber facility and also front Camber and Caster (precise adjustment) as well.
Fact is “Full front and rear wheel alignment” is no more!
Since the mid ‘90 model’s, with the ever increasing speed of vehicle assembly lines there has been no front or rear Camber (or front Caster) adjustment facility fitted OEM
Only current adjustment is front and rear Toe and situations where there is insufficient rear Toe once the issue of lack of Camber is overcome!
To attempt to return vehicle to factory specs to resolve costly premature inner edge tire wear, improve traction and fix steering pull the only current alternative for front Camber and Caster is to fit offset, slotted bolts (for the front only). But these are inaccurate - one only position bolts - offering a minimal .3 of one degree adjustment (3mm / 1/8”).
It’s no wonder many owners continually change tire brands or go from one MB Dealer or alignment shop to another trying to get it right/fix the problem!
We saw the need therefore "to fix it right the first time" by designing, developing, patenting (and re-instating from the 1990's) fully adjustable front (and rear) suspension for virtually all models.
The current K-MAC kits have up to 4 times the adjustment of these one only position offset bolts (both Positive or Negative). And unlike these one position bolts that require labour intensive jacking and disassembly each time, the K-MAC kits only require use of a single wrench to accurately adjust on car (under load) direct on alignment turntable.
Providing ongoing full, precise adjustment of both Camber and Caster settings if altering suspension height, fitting wide profile tires/wheels, curb knock damage or being able to quickly fine tune/change specs on race days (extra Negative/plus track width to go deeper into the corners/lower lap times). With the unique K-MAC patented design only requiring use of a single wrench/no disassembly.
For the rear, similar kits for precise Camber adjustment (with also additional Toe to compensate for the new Camber facility). Importantly unlike the alternative rear upper adjustable Camber control arms available K-MAC kits do not move top of tire outwards - this reducing essential clearance top of tire to outer fender when adjusting to fix premature inner edge tire wear/improve rear traction.
Also instead of spherical bearings as used on many of these upper control arms which prematurely pound out allowing metal to metal contact. At K-MAC we have developed long life elastomer bushings.
Bonus with all the four front and four rear K-MAC bushes is that they are also designed with twice the load bearing area and replace the highest wearing suspension bushings. And with K-MAC no special tools are required to fit.
Note (Product background re bushings): Majority OEM bushes have air voids to allow 2 axis movement. So control arms can travel through their required arcs without binding, locking up.
Essential with today’s modern designs of “multi-link” arms with different angle mount points!
Yet most “aftermarket” replacement bushes the industry standard is to eliminate these air voids in an attempt to improve both steering response and reduce wheel hop, loss of traction under brake and acceleration.
The opposite is often the case – the elimination of the air voids causes even more severe wheel hop, loss of traction through binding, locking up of arms.
K-MAC bushes – with 50 years now of bush technology are designed without the air voids but where needed with “full 2 axis movement”. Result is power to the ground – maximum traction/acceleration/braking - along with noticeably improved directional control and steering response for highway driving, lane changing.
