WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR FRS TODAY?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Well hell, how old is @Face_Plant?

Maybe not so much his age, but, how far back in the woods he lived -


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[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ashikabi

You can measure between the 2 wheels on the axle too but that will only make them parallel, not necessarily straight to the car

Yep, with the old straight axle vehicles, a 8' length of 1"x1" of board, a couple of nails and a piece of chalk would "set-em-straight", sort of.


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[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Yep, with the old straight axle vehicles, a 8' length of 1"x1" of board, a couple of nails and a piece of chalk (for hard floor) would "set-em-straight" sort of.


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Well yea, did the 2x4 method on my 1970 jeep gladiator, but the solid axle 4x4 closed knuckle truck had only one adjustment. Adjust toe with a pipe wrench.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Well yea, did the 2x4 method on my 1970 jeep gladiator, but the solid axle 4x4 closed knuckle truck had only one adjustment. Adjust toe with a pipe wrench.

Yep, a pipe wrench and a torch would do the trick -


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[Face_Plant]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Well hell, how old is @Face_Plant?

I am 26 years young. I've been working on my and my friends cars since I was about 16, but this is my first time trying to do a ghetto home alignment. I've seen the string method before in forum DIY's and YouTube videos, so I thought it was pretty popular.

I liked it better than trying to eyeball because I could measure things and use numbers and stuff. When I try to eyeball things I'm never happy. I'll think to myself, "this looks close, but what if I tweak that. Oh, that's worse. I'll go back to before. Damnit! That's not what I had before." and it's just a viscous never ending cycle that'll keep me in the garage all night...

[ermax]

Originally Posted by Face_Plant

I am 26 years young. I've been working on my and my friends cars since I was about 16, but this is my first time trying to do a ghetto home alignment. I've seen the string method before in forum DIY's and YouTube videos, so I thought it was pretty popular.

I liked it better than trying to eyeball because I could measure things and use numbers and stuff. When I try to eyeball things I'm never happy. I'll think to myself, "this looks close, but what if I tweak that. Oh, that's worse. I'll go back to before. Damnit! That's not what I had before." and it's just a viscous never ending cycle that'll keep me in the garage all night...

It is popular amongst racers. I’ve never seen someone tape the string to the car like that though. Typically people use two equal length pipes, one at the front and one at the rear with the strings at the ends of the pipe. Then to square up the box you measure from the centerline of the car. I’ve seen race teams with permanent mounts at the front and rear of the car for their alignment rigs so they don’t have to square it up every time. I’ve used neon green fishing line as my string. It’s lighter than actual string so it’s easier to pull taut. It also helps to have something under the wheels that allows them to move and settle in when making adjustments. I’ve used stacks of laminate wood with lubrication between them so they slide easily.

[Kiibiiin]

Installed my Raceseng R-Lock

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by ermax

It is popular amongst racers. I’ve never seen someone tape the string to the car like that though. Typically people use two equal length pipes, one at the front and one at the rear with the strings at the ends of the pipe. Then to square up the box you measure from the centerline of the car. I’ve seen race teams with permanent mounts at the front and rear of the car for their alignment rigs so they don’t have to square it up every time. I’ve used neon green fishing line as my string. It’s lighter than actual string so it’s easier to pull taut. It also helps to have something under the wheels that allows them to move and settle in when making adjustments. I’ve used stacks of laminate wood with lubrication between them so they slide easily.

I've seen a lot of different home grown contraptions back in my track days, just never seen one like that, or called that. Mostly pipes and 2x4s.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Kiibiiin

Installed my Raceseng R-Lock

Well, Kiibiiin , normally I don't have much use for aftermarket shift knobs, but, I kinda like that one. It would go well with my white car. -


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[orz]

22,500 mile service and new wheel setup. RPF1 17x7.0 +42 on stock 215/45-17 Michelin PRIMACY HP.


Got some TRD neck pillows too. They were slightly on the stiff side so replaced them with some pillow cushions I hacked up from Target. Thanks ft86speedfactory.

[jflogerzi]

Originally Posted by orz

22,500 mile service and new wheel setup. RPF1 17x7.0 +42 on stock 215/45-17 Michelin PRIMACY HP.





Got some TRD neck pillows too. They were slightly on the stiff side so replaced them with some pillow cushions I hacked up from Target. Thanks ft86speedfactory.

Super clean and nice weight reduction on the wheels

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[Sapphireho]

Nothing. Didn't even get my rear seat delete back in. Such a slacker.

[Chamaco]

Installed (saturday) Whiteline rear sub frame bushings.

[Leonardo]

Testing out some Stain glass window film.

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