Alignment on lowered cars
10-25-2008, 12:31 PM
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Alignment on lowered cars
Any of you guys that have lowered their cars, and not adjusted the camber, do you have tire ware? Is there adjustment for camber? Is there a camber kit sold?
10-25-2008, 02:43 PM
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You can purchase a camber kit but I believe it's expensive. There is one member on here, that I'm sure will chime in, and I'll let him speak about the camber kit as he has first hand experience.
10-25-2008, 03:16 PM
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Yep, that would be me! :-)
I did purchase the kit, KMAC I think, cost about $300 and another $300 to install plus the alignment, but came out perfect. I just replaced my rears and hopefully they will wear out even now. The biggest issue besides the uneven quick wear is the noise, it is awful in a classy car like ours, that is why I opted for the kit. I believe that the expense was worth it, the amount of adjustment you get is fantastic, you can actually dial in positive camber if you wanted to.
I did purchase the kit, KMAC I think, cost about $300 and another $300 to install plus the alignment, but came out perfect. I just replaced my rears and hopefully they will wear out even now. The biggest issue besides the uneven quick wear is the noise, it is awful in a classy car like ours, that is why I opted for the kit. I believe that the expense was worth it, the amount of adjustment you get is fantastic, you can actually dial in positive camber if you wanted to.
10-25-2008, 03:43 PM
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Yep, that would be me! :-)
I did purchase the kit, KMAC I think, cost about $300 and another $300 to install plus the alignment, but came out perfect. I just replaced my rears and hopefully they will wear out even now. The biggest issue besides the uneven quick wear is the noise, it is awful in a classy car like ours, that is why I opted for the kit. I believe that the expense was worth it, the amount of adjustment you get is fantastic, you can actually dial in positive camber if you wanted to.
I did purchase the kit, KMAC I think, cost about $300 and another $300 to install plus the alignment, but came out perfect. I just replaced my rears and hopefully they will wear out even now. The biggest issue besides the uneven quick wear is the noise, it is awful in a classy car like ours, that is why I opted for the kit. I believe that the expense was worth it, the amount of adjustment you get is fantastic, you can actually dial in positive camber if you wanted to.
It's been a couple of weeks now since I got it lowered, but I can already hear the difference. My tires have another 40% tread left so I want to get the kit before the new tires.
10-25-2008, 09:22 PM
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Bought it off eBay, same company has them on their website but they are a bit more, just search mercedes rear camber kit. The kit is only for the rears. For the front, there is a couple of bolts that you buy from the dealer, it is called an alignment repair kit I think, they are like $4 each. They have a groove and gives you extra camber. We still needed to have extra camber so the shop filed away at the arms (or the part that the bolts go into) so that we could get the camber to be right. Try to get a good shop that is willing to think outside the box if you allow them to.
10-26-2008, 11:24 AM
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Bought it off eBay, same company has them on their website but they are a bit more, just search mercedes rear camber kit. The kit is only for the rears. For the front, there is a couple of bolts that you buy from the dealer, it is called an alignment repair kit I think, they are like $4 each. They have a groove and gives you extra camber. We still needed to have extra camber so the shop filed away at the arms (or the part that the bolts go into) so that we could get the camber to be right. Try to get a good shop that is willing to think outside the box if you allow them to.
