Installed Ghost Links
#26
Super Member
I did take a few pictures. 4 washer is the max it can handle without modified ball joint bracket.
-Jack up your front wheel that you are working on and use proper jack stand for safety.
-Simply undo the 10mm nut on top of the control arm. Drop the ball joint bracket
-Insert 4 x1/4" washer in the stud (#10 washer too small) ($1.50 bag of washers at Lowe's)
-tighten the 10mm bolt. You will need a needle nose pliers to hold the bracket from turning as you tighten the top nut.
I got a 0.75" drop in the front. It mostly even out the tire/fender gap from front to rear.
I will leave this drop until I put on 22's. Looks fine for the stock AMG 20's I just got the car so I will wait a few months to do 22's
If I do more more drop in the future. I plan to make my own ball joint brackets that will prob only cost $10. I will make a new thread on it then
-Jack up your front wheel that you are working on and use proper jack stand for safety.
-Simply undo the 10mm nut on top of the control arm. Drop the ball joint bracket
-Insert 4 x1/4" washer in the stud (#10 washer too small) ($1.50 bag of washers at Lowe's)
-tighten the 10mm bolt. You will need a needle nose pliers to hold the bracket from turning as you tighten the top nut.
I got a 0.75" drop in the front. It mostly even out the tire/fender gap from front to rear.
I will leave this drop until I put on 22's. Looks fine for the stock AMG 20's I just got the car so I will wait a few months to do 22's
If I do more more drop in the future. I plan to make my own ball joint brackets that will prob only cost $10. I will make a new thread on it then
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boosted305 (02-24-2019)
#27
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I did take a few pictures. 4 washer is the max it can handle without modified ball joint bracket.
-Jack up your front wheel that you are working on and use proper jack stand for safety.
-Simply undo the 10mm nut on top of the control arm. Drop the ball joint bracket
-Insert 4 x1/4" washer in the stud (#10 washer too small) ($1.50 bag of washers at Lowe's)
-tighten the 10mm bolt. You will need a needle nose pliers to hold the bracket from turning as you tighten the top nut.
I got a 0.75" drop in the front. It mostly even out the tire/fender gap from front to rear.
I will leave this drop until I put on 22's. Looks fine for the stock AMG 20's I just got the car so I will wait a few months to do 22's
If I do more more drop in the future. I plan to make my own ball joint brackets that will prob only cost $10. I will make a new thread on it then
-Jack up your front wheel that you are working on and use proper jack stand for safety.
-Simply undo the 10mm nut on top of the control arm. Drop the ball joint bracket
-Insert 4 x1/4" washer in the stud (#10 washer too small) ($1.50 bag of washers at Lowe's)
-tighten the 10mm bolt. You will need a needle nose pliers to hold the bracket from turning as you tighten the top nut.
I got a 0.75" drop in the front. It mostly even out the tire/fender gap from front to rear.
I will leave this drop until I put on 22's. Looks fine for the stock AMG 20's I just got the car so I will wait a few months to do 22's
If I do more more drop in the future. I plan to make my own ball joint brackets that will prob only cost $10. I will make a new thread on it then
for these cars. I had 22’s before and it’s not
worth the troubles you have to deal with. Just be careful with 22’s because they can bend very easily.
#28
I did take a few pictures. 4 washer is the max it can handle without modified ball joint bracket.
-Jack up your front wheel that you are working on and use proper jack stand for safety.
-Simply undo the 10mm nut on top of the control arm. Drop the ball joint bracket
-Insert 4 x1/4" washer in the stud (#10 washer too small) ($1.50 bag of washers at Lowe's)
-tighten the 10mm bolt. You will need a needle nose pliers to hold the bracket from turning as you tighten the top nut.
I got a 0.75" drop in the front. It mostly even out the tire/fender gap from front to rear.
I will leave this drop until I put on 22's. Looks fine for the stock AMG 20's I just got the car so I will wait a few months to do 22's
If I do more more drop in the future. I plan to make my own ball joint brackets that will prob only cost $10. I will make a new thread on it then
-Jack up your front wheel that you are working on and use proper jack stand for safety.
-Simply undo the 10mm nut on top of the control arm. Drop the ball joint bracket
-Insert 4 x1/4" washer in the stud (#10 washer too small) ($1.50 bag of washers at Lowe's)
-tighten the 10mm bolt. You will need a needle nose pliers to hold the bracket from turning as you tighten the top nut.
I got a 0.75" drop in the front. It mostly even out the tire/fender gap from front to rear.
I will leave this drop until I put on 22's. Looks fine for the stock AMG 20's I just got the car so I will wait a few months to do 22's
If I do more more drop in the future. I plan to make my own ball joint brackets that will prob only cost $10. I will make a new thread on it then
I just purchased an E55 and bought new tires for it...the factory spec tires are 245/40/18 on an 8 inch wheel in the Front and 265/35/18 on a 9 inch tail in the rear.
The problem is that the front 245/40's are fatter than the rear 265/35's...which looks just wrong. The rears are lower profile than the front.
So I switched the front to 245/35's and that gave the same profile as the rears...the problem is that it left a pretty large gap in the front fender.
I read your post, went to Home Depot, and spent about 10 minutes putting the washers in...and voila...problem solved...even gap front and back. Thanks again.
#31
Junior Member
Are you able to use washers to lower the rear as well? My car seems to sit very even front to rear, but I'm looking to lower the entire car.