CLS Alignment Specs?
04-13-2018, 02:43 AM
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CLS Alignment Specs?
Does anyone have the specs for wheel alignment on a CLS?
My shop did the alignment on my car using the specs form a R231 chassis. They said that it doesn't matter, they are all the same. I doubt that but the camber's not adjustable anyway, only the toe... and they set it to 0.1-deg on the front and 0.15-deg on the rear. Camber ended up at -1.6/-1.3 on the front, and -2.3/-2.2 on the rear which are close to spec for the R231 but I want to compare that to where it should be on a CLS.
My shop did the alignment on my car using the specs form a R231 chassis. They said that it doesn't matter, they are all the same. I doubt that but the camber's not adjustable anyway, only the toe... and they set it to 0.1-deg on the front and 0.15-deg on the rear. Camber ended up at -1.6/-1.3 on the front, and -2.3/-2.2 on the rear which are close to spec for the R231 but I want to compare that to where it should be on a CLS.
04-13-2018, 11:49 PM
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I'll try to pull them up for you tomorrow at the shop. Camber is adjustable via ride height, if you have air suspension, the SL has ABC so it's adjustable too. Shouldn't be the same, but it's probably close.
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04-16-2018, 04:07 PM
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04-24-2018, 03:32 AM
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04-24-2018, 07:36 PM
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Member, @konigstiger sent me a bunch of alignment specs today for our cars and it looks from those that the specs are by "vehicle level" which is measured in degrees.
Attached are the relevant sheets for toe and camber, but it's really hard to figure out what the specs are supposed to be from this. I can't even find a spec for rear toe for my car (4Matic with Airmatic)
The best I can tell, for a 218 with 4Matic and Airmatic (code 489) these are the specs...
Total Front Toe: 10' (0.16-Deg +/- 0.16-Deg) - Or less than 0.32-Deg
Front Camber (depending on vehicle level): 43-51' (0.71-0.85-Deg +/- 0.35-Deg) - Or less than 1.25-Deg
Total Rear Toe (for most 218): 23-27' (0.38-0.45-Deg +/- 0.12-Deg) - Or less than 0.57-Deg
Rear Camber (depending on vehicle level): 1-15' to 1-45' (1.37-1.75-Deg +/- 0.5-Deg) - Or less than 2.25-Deg.
In my case, after lowering 20mm I have the following
Total Front Toe: 0.2-Deg (0.1-Deg each wheel) - within spec
Front Camber: 1.3-Deg/1.6-Deg - just over spec
Total Rear Toe (for most 218): 0.3-Deg (0.15-Deg each wheel) - within spec
Rear Camber: -2.3-Deg/-2.2-Deg - right around the upper limit
Last edited by VirtualRain; 04-24-2018 at 07:39 PM.
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