glad I went to the alignment shop!
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Because they cant if its stock all stock cars are like this my car had even more castor than that at over 11 stock.
Mine is now at 9deg (castor mod and mercedes crash bolts) or thereabouts on both sides and the difference is amazing.
Get crash bolts and castor mod people! Pull the camber down a touch all round great tyre wear and great handling car!
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Because they cant if its stock all stock cars are like this my car had even more castor than that at over 11 stock.
Mine is now at 9deg (castor mod and mercedes crash bolts) or thereabouts on both sides and the difference is amazing.
Get crash bolts and castor mod people! Pull the camber down a touch all round great tyre wear and great handling car!
Mine is now at 9deg (castor mod and mercedes crash bolts) or thereabouts on both sides and the difference is amazing.
Get crash bolts and castor mod people! Pull the camber down a touch all round great tyre wear and great handling car!
Do you have a link to where I can purchase said items? It seems like a great mod to do
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The crash bolts can be bought from mercedes if you search on here you should be able to find the part no.
Basically doing the same thing with the crash bolts moving the lower part of the suspension/hub back towards the rear wheel using the front most arm.
Obviously you will have the option to buy two or four I suggest you buy four then you can adjust camber aswell.
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Then theres always the hideously expensive camber/castor bushes from that aussie company if you want more.
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Just saying if your alignment was done " correctly" they would of measured ride height with a romis (sp?) tool. Then corrected it if nessasary. Which wasn't done, no readings on that sheet. Then they would of replaced your camber/castor bolts to get it into spec. If it won't go into spec, something is worn out or bent. ( besides your wheels)
If you have less castor on the right side of your car, it will pull right. To compensate for road crown you actually want 0.2-3* less castor on the left side.
Also, don't start grinding out the bolt holes for the upper ball joint.
If you have less castor on the right side of your car, it will pull right. To compensate for road crown you actually want 0.2-3* less castor on the left side.
Also, don't start grinding out the bolt holes for the upper ball joint.
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Heres mine as you can see pretty much everything is near the top end of the factory spec. IMO this is a great wheel alignment for a car seeing mostly road duty and maybe once a year hit the track. (the REAL track not the quarter!)
I am very lucky to live in a town with a wheel alignment guy that is very very good at his job. That also makes a difference.
IMO mercedes ****ed up royally when they built these cars as none of them iv seen yet seem to be anywhere near that castor spec.
I am very lucky to live in a town with a wheel alignment guy that is very very good at his job. That also makes a difference.
IMO mercedes ****ed up royally when they built these cars as none of them iv seen yet seem to be anywhere near that castor spec.
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Heres mine as you can see pretty much everything is near the top end of the factory spec. IMO this is a great wheel alignment for a car seeing mostly road duty and maybe once a year hit the track. (the REAL track not the quarter!)
I am very lucky to live in a town with a wheel alignment guy that is very very good at his job. That also makes a difference.
IMO mercedes ****ed up royally when they built these cars as none of them iv seen yet seem to be anywhere near that castor spec.
I am very lucky to live in a town with a wheel alignment guy that is very very good at his job. That also makes a difference.
IMO mercedes ****ed up royally when they built these cars as none of them iv seen yet seem to be anywhere near that castor spec.
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Mine was set in comfort mode and I was very specific about that because the alignment does change slightly when you put it in sport. (We know because we turned on sport2 while it was on the alignment rack.)
You just have to be aware that whatever setting you drive the car in most is what you align the car in its pretty simple stuff really.
Last edited by austingtir; Jun 27, 2015 at 07:07 PM.
