When my camber was –2.9, I had a drop of about 1.75 inches in the rear with 1 bump pads. I changed to 3 bump in the rear because the front only dropped an inch so it looked like I had a dead body in the trunk. When I changed the pads I added the K-MAC bushings and the camber was adjusted to –1. I don’t know what the camber would have been if I had not added the K-MAC bushings when I went back to the 3 bump pads.

I have Eibach ProKit springs, Bilstein HD shocks, and AMG 16” Monoblock I wheels with 205/55/16 Michelins. I measure my car from the floor to the fender lip while the car is sitting in the same place on my very flat garage floor. The height is 25.25 inches in front and 25.5 inches in the rear on the passenger side. That 0.25 inch difference from front to rear is the same as when I had the OEM set-up and the front and rear are both 1-inch lower than when I started. The driver side is 25.5 inches both front and rear.

I would like it 25.25 at all four wheels and I was thinking about changing from 3 to 2 bump pads in the rear, but I am afraid of getting back the dead body in the trunk look on the driver’s side (5mm pad difference may = 7 or 8mm difference at the fender lip). I hate when it looks like my car is sagging in the rear. I think it makes the car look old and broken down.

Based on the Tirerack measurements for the tires, my current tires are 25” in diameter and the OEM tires were 24.9” in diameter. I recognize that the narrower and taller profile of the OEM tire may have compressed a bit more during the measurement so I may be underestimating the amount of drop from just the springs. I am planning to go to 215/55/16 tires next time so the tires will be 25.5 inches in diameter. Based on the increase in the radius of the tire, this should bring the top of the tires 0.25 inches closer to the fender lip so it will look a bit lower even though it is actually higher.

I am sorry if this seems confusing, but I didn’t measure from the middle of the wheel when I started, so I am stuck with my method. Tonight I will check the measurement the other way. I did it before, but I don’t remember the number. It was meaningless to me because I had not started that way.