jimmydagreek

I received my new rear camber adjustment arms from Jeff (Speedybenz) on Friday and installed them on Saturday. Here are a couple of pics. of the new arms...

Well, here is the old one first...

Whitey

Congrats! But Jimmy, for the technically ignorant (that's me!) - which one is it and what does changing it do (wheel alignment?)?

jimmydagreek

Sorry, that's just the old pic. and my cpu went down before I could add the rest. I will add them tomorrow and yes, they adjust the camber in the rear of the car...

Whitey

Errrr, which one's the camber and which one's the camber adjustment arm? Sorry, I'm trying to learn here.......I've always left it to my mechanic to take care of my needs (which is not good for my wallet, I know) and I am gradually becoming wiser...........

jimmydagreek

I have tried to post the new pics. 3 times now and it's still not working. MBWorld is not the same as it was before, it takes forever to post.

Here we go, lets try again. Here is the pic. of the new arm to compare with the old above...

Well, it says I've already attached that pic. before but that's . I'll try the other close-up ones.

jimmydagreek

Here is another close up of the other end...

Whitey

Thanx, Jimmy. Does that bolt mean you can adjust your wheel alignment to match whatever height of suspension one has?

JamE55

How's it ride now?

jimmydagreek

Dave, yes you can adjust the alignment in the rear to match the front.

James, it rides like its on rails baby...smooth as glass.

Whitey

Thanx again Jimmy,

Mine rides OK and alignment looks fine without them - must wait till the tires wear out to see I guess. Then again, you might be sitting lower than me, dunno....

JamE55

Coolio man! I bet less tire weat too right.

Larry Sonsini

The best part about the arms is that you can pretty much dial in whatever you want without much effort. Close to zero or even a little positive if you're looking for even wear, and plenty of negative when you really want the car to handle.

jimmydagreek

Precisely! All I have to do is remove the wheel, loosen the locking nuts on both ends, twist the camber to either bring the camber in or out and tighten the nuts back up. It's really simple and yes, it saves your tires. I still don't have my camber perfectly straight as I want a bit better handling and want to match the front. Currently it is set at 1.3 in the rear and 1.5 in the front. It looks and feels great...

rob_fed

How much do these arms cost? Looks like you could make these with some Heim joints and threaded stock.

jimmydagreek

Well, I'm not that handy or that advanced, heim joints? Anyway, Speedybenz is selling these for $260.00 shipped. Much cheaper than the K-Mac version of the same thing...

e554jlp

Can the front camber be set to zero even after lowering or is it not that adjustable?

jimmydagreek

The front is adjustable to that degree only with purchasing a set of longer camber bolts. H&R makes a nice set of camber bolts for the front but I'm not using them at the moment because I like the handling of my car with the way it sits at 1.3 all around. The rear uses the camber arms that I installed. If I notice an excessive amount of wear still I will probably get them...

Larry Sonsini

Speedybenz is working on this problem right now.

jimmydagreek

Good stuff, I will be in touch with him. Thanks for the info. Larry...