chad s420

Hello everyone, I'm a first time mercedes owner and am brand new to this board. I hope to find some help with my problem. I've had my 95 s420 for almost 5 months now. It came with 18" AMG rims and 255/45/18 tires on it. Last month a vibration started and I can't pinpoint for certain where it's coming from. I took it to one mercedes/bmw/porsche shop and the guy told me the car needed:
Front A-arm bushing...............$575 parts/labor
Rear links (control arm links?)...$420
Left rear lower spindle bushing...$57
and an alignment..................$69
I told the guy thanks and got away from him as quickly as possible.
Today I took it to another specialist and he said that bushings etc., dont go bat at 94,000 miles. he said the vibration was coming from my tires being low on tread. The tires have at least 50% life on them. What do you guys think the problem could be. The car has 94,584 miles on it now. I've already replaced one tire in the front because it went bald on the edge. This was after an alignment,balance and rotation...

What do you guys and ladies think the problem could be? Could it be the 18" AMG's that are causing the bad ride? Any suggestions at all are appreciated.

Michael Tubbs

sounds like you need to first go get all of them balanced, ask for a hub centric balance, its a lil better than normal and it is especially for euro cars, after that if it persists you will need hub rings, any rim shop will know what these are, they improve the ride on the car, good luck.

Ga 1991 420 SEL

You said you replaced one tire because it was worn out. I think you should have replaced both tires on that end. If you have one new tire on one side and a almost worn out on the other side YOU WILL feel vibration. Hope this helps

internet_mafia

Also make sure that you don't have a dent in your rims. If the vibration is present at 45-55mph then this is probably the case. Balancing will not take car of a dented rim. The wheel(s) that are dented will need to be placed at the rear of the car.

chad s420

thanks for the suggestions. I started to think no one was going to reply. Does any one have any pictures or links of s class's with tv's in or near the dash. I want to add a tv but I dont want to change my MB radio for an aftermarket. I was thinking i could put it on a pedestal similar to how the phone is situated.

Michael Tubbs

you shouldn't mess with the up front part of your car, unless you are trying to get fulfillment out of the tv, you should put them in the headrests, that is the best thing to do, up front you may get harassed from the cops and you may wreck your car, but hey good luck to you my tv's are going in the mirrors on the ceiling of my S500. Mike