SL/R230: LOWERING LINKS ?
02-24-2009, 06:34 PM
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THANKS, I was looking at this forum and got the idea to make the links for myself.
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02-24-2009, 11:16 PM
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02-25-2009, 06:22 AM
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02-25-2009, 10:11 AM
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What did the lowering do to your alignment? How bout a shot from directly behind the car so we can see the angle of the rear wheels.
02-25-2009, 12:13 PM
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Yes, after looking at this site it gave me the idea of doing it myself. I have a problem with paying other people to do things that I can do myself or at least THINK i can. But this time I was successful.
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02-25-2009, 01:25 PM
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) that think they can do it, will.
02-25-2009, 01:50 PM
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Can the car be aligned back to factory specs after lowering or do you just have to live with the excess negative camber and accompanying tire wear?
02-25-2009, 05:07 PM
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If your going to get an alignment done make sure the car is at its highest setting when the aligment is being done.
I'll try to post some pics of my car from the rear so that you guys can see for yourselves how minimal the camber is. Also my car is dropped close to 3inches, those of you who decide to lower it less will have even less camber.
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02-25-2009, 10:31 PM
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I have been running these on my CLS since 2006. I didn't install though, these guys at d2autosport did. I paid 450 way back then, but I think they are something like 325.00 now
02-26-2009, 06:24 AM
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Simply because ABC system adjusts its hight according to your driving conditions. AND you may not always want the car slammed. If/when the car is raised intentionally or not you definetly DON'T want positive camber.
Guys, you really shouldn't be too concerned with the alignment. Once you've lowered the car, bring it to an alignment shop and as long as your car was well aligned before the drop, you'll see that the negativity of the camber is minimal compared to the OEM alignment specs.
Guys, you really shouldn't be too concerned with the alignment. Once you've lowered the car, bring it to an alignment shop and as long as your car was well aligned before the drop, you'll see that the negativity of the camber is minimal compared to the OEM alignment specs.
02-26-2009, 12:10 PM
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Simply because ABC system adjusts its hight according to your driving conditions. AND you may not always want the car slammed. If/when the car is raised intentionally or not you definetly DON'T want positive camber.
Guys, you really shouldn't be too concerned with the alignment. Once you've lowered the car, bring it to an alignment shop and as long as your car was well aligned before the drop, you'll see that the negativity of the camber is minimal compared to the OEM alignment specs.
Guys, you really shouldn't be too concerned with the alignment. Once you've lowered the car, bring it to an alignment shop and as long as your car was well aligned before the drop, you'll see that the negativity of the camber is minimal compared to the OEM alignment specs.
02-27-2009, 11:11 PM
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Just purchased the SL and it arrived yesterday. Love the car! Noticed it was lower than my buddies SL65 so I'm guessing the previous owner must have had it lowered. What a pleasant surprise 
