My tires are wearing fine for now and I have no intention of fixing what "aint broke" but I thought I would have some fun and see if I could check my caster/camber myself, and this knowledge might come in handy some day. (Also keeps me off the streets...) Anyway, I bought a really neat gauge from www.racerpartswholesale.com that I heard about, and I got it and I am pretty impressed with the quality and accuracy for the money (39.99). Only problem is I can't figure out what the angle is supposed to be. I have alldata.com as I have previously mentioned, and the specs there appear to come directly from some Mercedes documentation. The main problem seems to be in measuring the height, since the specs do not appear to be an actual height measurement from ground to some point, but rather a reading on a mercedes measuring tool. For example, the rear height spec for the W202 sport model is -5mm and I don't think any of it travels below the road. Anyway, once you measure the height then you read the camber angle off of a chart. Does anyone know how to do a DIY height measurement for this car to get the camber angle? Or is there some other way to get the camber angle spec?

Thanks,

Mike

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra