mortenso

If you go for a 2" drop by using 1# pads front and rear, you get a fair amount of negative camber. You then need to use K-mac kit front and K-mac or Speedybnz kit on the rear to correct camber.

If you go for a more conservative 1" drop by using #4 pads front and rear you can settle for the Mercedes camber correction bolts front and Speedybnz kit rear to correct the negative camber.

deyainrdy4ds

im using H&R which is 1.4 front/1.3 rear......i just got #1e class pads for the front (5 mm) and i bought #3 n #4 pads for the rear but i think im using the #4 clk pads on the rear (17 mm) cuz as u can see by my pics - my rear is already pretty low cuz my 100+ lb of audio in the trunk...

so im guessin a front and rear camber kit is still recommended?

benzinoben

It has been a while since I last dealt with lowering my ride, but I ended up going with Eibach springs and koni shocks (set on med). I ended up using a Kmac kits to get my camber back in line, but something else happened.

My ride height is so low that it is affecting things like front tires slide when I have the steering wheel almost at lock position (going either left or right). It feels like my front end is sliding when pulling out of a tight spot in a parking lot or garage. Usually after alignment it is good to go. Also it is hard for me to go over speed bumps as my lift pads (rubber pads under the car from where you put a lift jack) hit pretty hard.

I do not understand why the car went so low, it almost seems like something else has happened. I took it to a shop that works on exotics and race cars to do all of my work, and they are good but I see that no one in this form has had my issues.

also I am using standard CLK pads #1 and #4 but compared to everyone else, my ride is lower.

Also I am using Axis Mod 7 19" 8.5 wheels all the way around. This are with the maxxis lips (to give the apperance of wider wheels). The problem I have here is that the upper ball joint (front A-Arm) bolt is rubbing the outter most area of my tire. I wish I had a camera to take that picture the last time I took my tires off. I had no idea and that was way to dangerous to be driving that way. I basically cut a 1/4 x 1/2 deep groove into my inside tire.

This all leads me to that fact that there is something else going on or atleast a few things at the same time.

1. The rims are not the right ones since they extend the 195 35 19" tire so that the ball joint bolt rubs them

2. The drop is two low and is causing #1 to happen. Not sure why since I went conservative on this.

3. I have the wrong combination of springs, shocks and spring pads for a CLK320 Cabrio 2000.


Any suggestions????

deyainrdy4ds

benzinoben - ur tires are only 195 mm wide????

benzinoben

Not sure I get your answer. I think a conventional 8.5 wide wheel is fine (considering the offset is correct, which i know it is), but I feel the maxxis feature may be causing some type of strange extended lip inside as well. This is my problem. What is the right issue or is the wheel not the issue??

Why would the upper A-arm ball joint bolt be rubbing on my tire? This has me totally tripping out.

deyainrdy4ds

huh? naa im not exacly sure about solution ta ur problem...i was jus curious and asking if ur tires are 195 mm all around??

benzinoben

Sorry didnt get your reply... I dont know how many mils they are around, but the rims are 19 x 8 not 8.5 as I thought earlier. I called Axis wheels and he basically told me wrong size tire and the rims were not the correct offset for my year car. He said they would be fine for 2001 + models.

Bummer as I am back on the market for some nice wheels

Ghostrider

Okay so is there a difference between a W210 #1 pad and a W208 #1? If so what is it?

Please help...

deyainrdy4ds

w210e #1pad is 5 mm....i heard that w208 #1 pad is 10 mm but i dono if thats tru...
other pad sizes i know is that #3clk is 13 mm; #4 clk is 17 mm...ill post pics of my drop now that my cars settled in another thread...

DropTop208

From what I know, They do not recommend #1 pads for the front of a W208, so the dealer will tell you that they do not have #1 for the W208. The pads for the W210 are the same thing.

deyainrdy4ds

y they say not to use #1 pads in front?

Ghostrider

I have W208 #1's in the front but W208 #4's in the rear... I may change them to the W208 #3's though, as the rear sits kind of high. This will be done when I do the camber arms, maybe.

Lensolo

They only say that because they don't want you to use parts on your car that are made for others. The 210 pads WILL work without any problems on 202, 208, and 210.

Ghostrider

Do you ( or anyone) have the part # for the W210 #1 pad???

deyainrdy4ds

not sure..i dont have the bag that it came in nemore....u cud jus call n ask a benz service/parts place

Ghostrider

Did that and got it!