Has anyone ever used this camber alignment tool? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Camb...010QQitemZ200104805146QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW. Are there better ones out there that are comparible in price? I am basically tired of paying someone to setup my alignment when I can do it in my garage. I already figured out how to do toe based off a DIY on NASIOC. This would be the only other thing I would need.
What about this? http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/polpos.htm. It seems a lot better even though its more expensive. It can do toe also. How does it measure toe without a reference point or plumb line? Actually, forget the first link, I am more interested in the this one since it can do toe and camber. From what I gather on the Clemson boards its a pretty good tool. It seems like the difficult measurement will be toe since there needs to be a reference point on the car.
This might sound obvious, but it's probably as good/acurate as the person using it wants it to be... The parts that I highlighted are where the bigest variables are going to come into play. How acurate is your tape measure, where are you measureing from? The tool itself just gives you a solid base to measure from, and in that way, it looks great...I want one. I bet you could get a fairly acurate alignment out of this thing, and the more you used it, the better you would get at it. edit: Alas, I didn't read your whole post before posting.
The thing is...when doing a manual alignment, you will need TWO people. BOTH of them need to have an extreme understanding of what you are doing to the car, and BOTH need to be able to communicate EXTREMELY well with each other, and most importantly...BOTH need to have EXTREME care about what they are doing. After all...a bad alignment can simply cause bad tire wear....or send you off the side of a mountian. That second link...that tool looks awesome. Of those peices really do work well, they are WAY under priced...and DEFINATLY worth it. Long Acre makes the best stuff on the market, so check this out: http://www.longacreracing.com/catalog/catlist.asp?catid=5 I would HIGHLY recommend these as well if you are going to be doing DIY alignments: http://www.longacreracing.com/catalog/item.asp?id=150&catid=5 Turn plates are a must as they allow the car to be settled and as you make adjustments, there is no tire to surface bind that would allow the suspension to flex that would throw your alignment measurements off.... Edit: actually the pricing seems average...as I remember the long acre stuff being more expensive than it is now...oh well *shrug*
Here are some cheaper turn plates...steel ones like I used to use way long ass time ago when I setup and built Legends cars... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Rand...tegoryZ63700QQihZ005QQitemZ150116893466QQrdZ1
WJM, I wish some of that stuff was within my budget, but I can't afford a 500 tool. Thanks for the input though, I will be getting the Fastrax tool probably the beginning of next week. I will let you know how it works out.