chrisbala

since i've lowered the car on h&rs - i think i need to get a camber kit - do i need to get on for both the front and rear? how much would it cost to fit these?

Amir_AMG

I need some help with this as well..i just ordered bilstein sport shocks and vogtland springs..im goin wit #1 eclass pads in front and clk#2 in rear with my 19's...when I get my car aligned after installation will i then find out if i need a camber kit or not?

Zoom On

Let me know what you find, I am going to be doing the same and wonder if I need to get a kit to adjust.

da_guitarist

My tire shop did front and rear. It was like 70-90 bucks total for all 4 camber kits/install

Zoom On

what kit did they install?

chrisbala

yeh im jus gonna go with da guitarist - gonna let my mechanic to sort it out - his price was pretty cheap!

deyainrdy4ds

thats it???

y am i hearin camber kits run up to $1000??

da_guitarist

it was a local small tire shop that doesn't generally work on MBs and stuff. but they're good friends. I think its only like 8-12 bucks per kit (universal, not anything specific for this application) plus the labor of making it fit. They didn't have any problems. And it drives like it did w/ 17's and its lowered (the bilstein shocks helped quite a bit)

da_guitarist

OK, install, aligning, camber kit, etc was $180. I dont know what it would cost at the places you guys take your cars. The wheels already had tires on them; just a switch, align, camber, and check up.

Zoom On

Sounds about the price of crash bolts and not the camber kit. Did he tell you what the camber finshed at?

da_guitarist

nah, he did it and it looked nice and didn't have any tilt to the wheels. he said it was a kit. but he's a close friend, so i imagine i got a nice deal from it.

Zoom On

Hook a thread up and find out what he used, where we on the "outside" might find it or order it from him.

Josh K

For the front wheels, you ca use crash bolts or the K-Mac kit. Crash bolts will only give you about .75° adjustment which isn't enough in most cases to bring it back to stock. The K-Mac kit is not cheap but it's the only way to completely fix front camber. Their kits are available at http://www.k-mac.com/

As for the rear, there's a lot of solutions from cheap to not so cheap. There's a bunch of companies that sell adjustable rear bars for correcting camber. Speedybenz sells a pair of bars that are decent quality, a couple of ebay sellers sell cheaper bars of questionable quality, I stuck with House of Power's set of Trak Links (not cheap) that are extremely well made and as they are a set of 4 bars as opposed to 2, offer a much more complete amount of camber adjustability.

Properly aligning your car may seem like a lot of money but if you're going to keep the car for any amount of time (I've had mine for 7 years) you'll see how fast tires add up.

chrisbala

how much roughly was the camber kit / adjustments - ill use that as a rough figure and probably double it to adjust to the damn expensive london prices lol

clkal

I got a quote for $280 installed on the K-Mac rear camber kit. I think the kit that Josh K has is better in quality though, since it utilizes 4 bars, and not only 2.

for the front, you can go with the crash bolts which will run you around 80 bucks =)

chrisbala

cheers clkal - prob have to get it shipped over here, will take it to the garage first and let them know - change out the front pads to #1, 10mm spacer on the rear....finally camber kit...and then some more pics

rocko

clkal, do you know any suspension shops here in the bay area that can give me those crash bolts?

ps are you going to the meet tonight?

Lensolo

I have sets ready for shipment for W208s.
Check out this thread for installation and product pics.

https://mbworld.org/forums/classifieds/190531-wtb-w208-camber-kit.html

Lensolo

$325 shipped for any application.

Fitments include:

W201 Chassis
190E 2.3 2.6 190D 2.2 2.5 Turbo 16V 84-93

W124 Chassis
300E/CE/TE 260E 300D 300D-Trb 300TD & Turbo 400E 500E E420 E500 E320 86-95 Sedan Coupe Cabriolet Wagon & 4-Mtcs

W202 Chassis
C220 C230 C280 C36 AMG C43 AMG 94-02

W203 Chassis
C230K C240 C32 AMG C55 AMG 03-06

W129 Chassis
300SL 500SL 600SL SL320 SL500 SL600 Convertible 90-02

W208 Chassis
CLK320 CLK430 CLK55 AMG 98-03 Coupe and Cabriolet

W210 Chassis
E320 E420 E430 E55 AMG 96-02 Sedan and Wagon

W209 Chassis
CLK320 CLK500 CLK55 AMG 03-05 Coupe Cabriolet

R170 Chassis
SLK230 SLK320 SLK32 AMG

jasonowens32

Just a quick question. Not familiar with this car by any means. The car was lowered when I bought it and I haven't seen what was installed on it but I do need a camber kit. I want a good setup too. So, let me get this correct: buy a "K-Mac" kit to fix the front camber and for the rear I need to buy a set of "Trak Links". Where do I buy a set of "Trak Links" at? Is that the brand? Also, this might be a stupid question but I was told that the CLK320 had a adjustable camber already. Why coudln't I adjust that one? A local performance shop told me to get a alignment and come and see them so that they good adjust it. Does that sound right?




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Lensolo

1/2 right.

K-Mac to adjust the front suspension and you can use my camber arms or "Trak Links". Not sure where to get those. I can assure you that the CLK320 does NOT have adjustable camber from the factory.

jasonowens32

Thanks for your quick response. I'll order the K-Mac for the front. How can I order the rest?

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Lensolo

PM'd you order info.

Len

jasonowens32

Thanks! Got it.

chinaman

*** Must Read Article Before Lowering Your Ride ***

I wish I have read this before lowered the car, I could have camber kit put in, now it's going to cost me extra to take the suspension aparts and put in the camber kit.

http://www.sportcompactonly.com/Camb...rticle_a-3.htm