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Originally Posted by cjd
It might. I'm having serious second thoughts about doing this. I think I need better than 1/64" accuracy for toe...  I definitely need better light. |
If you can pull it off you'll be more accurate than just about any shop. I think you'd be beating the laser machines at that point.
1/64" is 0.015" which is the thickness of three sheets of paper. What are you shooting for two sheets of paper accuracy?
The garage solution would be massive toe plates, maybe 3ft long at each wheel could get you the accuracy you want.
Aaaaand I thought about it too much, assuming you're measuring at the edge of the (17") wheel, 1/64" is 0.05 degrees of toe, if you expand that out to 36" and you can measure 1/32" accurately you'll be just as accurate as measuring in 1/64ths at the wheel, a 5ft bar would be almost twice as accurate even if you can only measure 1/32" accurately but then you've got the straightness of the bar to keep track of, not impossible with a laser but yeah.
Just bought a second laser and tripod last night, going to nix the strings I've been using for a box. Once you get your car squared up you can use more ghetto methods to adjust (toe plates) and only square it up every few months or when you've been monkeying around a lot.
I just found out I STILL had toe out on my rear yesterday, I think that explains why I can't put power down confidently. Jacked in a bunch just to do it and will try and even it up later this week.
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Originally Posted by bfrank1972
somewhere i think in the diy section someone documented a diy alignment procedure. only for the precision minded, not for the faint of heart.
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If that isn't painfully obvious after this post then nothing will stop the determined.