I got a racers discount so I wasn't sure what the final price would be. I guess I shouldn't have said anything.

Les

 

Not to muddy the waters, and I am aware it's the wrong size, but this is a very nice design. Notice the threaded sleeve for in-place adjustment.

Just scale down to 1/2" ends? Schedule 80 or 120 pipe and a torch and a press.

And a welder.

And fabbing/finding the insert.

Blah, blah, blah...I'll quit now.

 

+1 . . . I was having trouble understanding all the efforts reflected in this thread when Ground Control apparently has already developed & built the product. It is shown in this photo posted by VELOCIABSTRACT






It will be available in a matter of days. In fact, if you send Donovan at Ground Control an e-mail you can order them right now . . . donovan@ground-control.com

 

Knowing that you and Justin were going to do all the testing for him, he should have thrown those in for free.

 

Hold on now, Tommy was the pioneer. He's a quiet sort of person though.

Les

 

I like the idea of the bent tubes, but I am not a fan of the ends that GC is using. I prefer the style with the rubber bushings, like OEM. No chance of noise once they get some miles on them.

 

No disrespect meant. I know he went to great lengths for GC to use his car as the donor.

 

I'd take the GC arms for $249.

Then I'd still build a set because I like DIY projects that save money anyway.

I'm thinking it would cost $200 to build a set with the parts we have found.

Just contacted via email... if the price is $249, Im going to endorse the mess out of them! Finally, exactly what we need. I hope they have a few hundred pairs!

Just got a hold of these guys at Ground Control, I guess they have these ready to go. Price is $249.00

Still waiting to get these ordered. I was told that they would be up on the site by Today.

 

Well GC has flaked on me.

I made sure to hound them over the last 2 weeks about purchasing them and they told me to wait until they were up on the site. Well, they are not up on the site and my order will be on hold while they wait for the latest batch of adjustable arms to come in.

For me, that is not an acceptable presentation. I heard that GC has been dragging their feet but that now they were ready....... I am back to the drawing board and I will prob build my own camber arms now without purchasing a set from GC.

Any dimensions available of their bars, for those people who's money is greener than mine, would be greatly appreciated.

I hate to bash companies on the forums so lets not take that angle here on this thread. GC has a product we all need, they told me and several others they have it covered, they have sent some out to a select few people but they are not prepared to ship me a set. Let's focus on viable, available solutions from here forward.


So far, I have a J bar style arm that looks like it will be 10", some jam nuts, and some 4 bar style ends.

The GC bar looks to be bent in the center..... Im wondering if the off center bend is going to create an clearance issue?????

 

You guys think that this bar would work with the correct ends on it?

5/8" Swedged Tubes : 10" Long

this looks better...

http://www.teamgrt.com/12_Bent_Steel_Tubes_625IN.JPG

 

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Its working for me when I refer back to it...

Check this site...

http://www.teamgrt.com/

 

How about this kit??

http://www.ebay.com/itm/REAR-CAMBER-BUSHING-PLATES-KIT-1-25-/171386924201?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Year%3A2004%7CMake%3AMercedes-Benz%7CModel%3ASLK320&hash=item27e774eca9&vxp=mtr

And these look promising as well....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-Benz-AMG-Adjustable-Toe-and-Camber-Arms-W211-W219-R230/181531485338?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3D5607ba68e3b84e21b894fc533a724387%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D20131003132420%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D171386924201&rt=nc

 

still no camber arms on the GC website the way I was told they would be 2 weeks ago. It must be nice to have a product that allows you to lie and/or ignore the customers that are in a position to help promote their product.

Looks like I'm going to order a stock replacement Arm and shove the bushings in. Who needs shiny new control arms anyway.

 

I'm only guessing here, but I believe G.C. is waiting for more feedback from the road track. I do understand your assessment of them. I received rear sway bar links from them, and have given them my simple $.02 feedback FWIW. I remain hopeful that they will come through for us, and I hope to eventually have a full kit installed, as Les's reports so far are very encouraging. But I'll be going w/ a setup for occasional track days(lower spring rate than full race), and that works w/ my current yellow koni's.

 

Well, GC should understand that the people trying to get their car in or close to spec, with these arms will not be at stock height. Perhaps making arms for stock height, and then arms for folks dropped 1.25 to 2.25 in. I get that it would be hard to make an arm to do both. They sent me an invoice and contacted me about shipping a set. I suppose I'll give them a chance to make things right.

 

Well GC took my money Today. We will see how long shipping takes.

 

NO arms yet. ???

I boycott paypal. where can I get front camber bolts at a reasonable price and pay by Visa?

 

If you are looking for the OE type camber bolts here is a link:

Your Parts Search Returned 2 Part(s)

Price is pretty good - I paid 40.00 for the first one I needed from the shop doing my alignment.... Then got smart and ordered 3 for 30.00 to have on hand if I need them again.

 

So I just went with the NW kit. I want to be sure it fit's right and is all I need. Thanks for the link!