* UPDATE*
Still working on the suspension. After that trip to Florida and then later to Connecticut that November, I came to find that my rear tires were wearing out at an alarming rate. Re-read my prior alignment's specs, and read the rear camber values @ -2.1 on both sides, hence the inner most part of my rear tires being essentially shredded.
This led me to buy new tires while in Connecticut, and figure things out when I got back to South Carolina. Basically the car has been a garage queen since November '07.
What has been done since:
- ordered a custom set of rear camber arms (adjustable, CNC machined) from Lensolo, off of the MBWorld forum
- had fitment issues with these arms, initially with the OEM bolts would not fit through the inserts, and also the mount on the axle housing side (I have the older design)
- received updated inserts to address issue of fitment @ axle housing
- recently, decided to buy another a OEM bolt that holds the camber arm to the rear subframe (I had tried to file it down some to fit, no avail), and discovered this new bolt fits through the inserts perfectly (didn't realize that these bolts were updated until I received the new one)
- ordered another bolt for the other side :-)
- after some more research, come to find that the rear eccentric bolt on the camber strut arm appears to have been updated, along with the camber strut bushing (ordered 2 of those, Lemforder, and got those today and see that also come with the updated eccentric bolt
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- bought a #5 spring pad for the rear to raise it up some (site very low with a full tank)
- bought a #2 pad for the front, just to raise it a hair
Now, I need to install finish the install, fill the tank completely full and bring back for alignment.
How it currently looks...