i have read and searched and read some more,

I made a pair of these this weekend, and i already have the camber board. This seem to work well, (i think) i will see when i go in Tuesday and get the final real results. The plate is 2 pieces of plexiglass with a degree wheel. There is grease in the middle of the two plexiglass to allow then to rotate with the wheel.

But after installing my camber/toe arms, i seem to be sitting 2 degrees toe out on both rear wheels. and rear camber was -2.4 drivers and -2.9 passenger

My final choice and set up was,
camber rear 1.7
toe in .5

I did not check anything up front, i was just shooting for the rear to see how accurate/close i was..

How i started with my initial toe was to find center of car front and back, to have a solid line, and measure same height front/back of rear tire. This showed me that my tires were pointing out. I am assuming, that i had to set my toe plate to the degree it was off, to allow for the adjustment to be made. following me?? once the wheels were on the board, i adjusted camber first, (watched my toe move out more) and then i set the toe.

What are your opinions, on this plate that i made/used, any easier method of getting the degree of toe before i started anything?

 

Find a level spot....mark the rims on each side in the same spot....measure when at 9pm...roll the car till the marks are at 3pm and the amount of toe is the difference in the measurements

 

I used (2) 2x4, cut to 3 1/2'' i placed them on each side of the wheel, drew a line, then found center of the tire. After finding center of the car i had a solid measurement for front and back of tire.

I want to say i had from center of car to front of pass. rear tire was 78mm, and the rear of pass. tire was 75mm, something among those measurements. and 79mm and 76mm on other side of car i think,

 

Just a warning though, you're going to annihilate your tires with 0.5 degrees toe in running that much camber.

Another option is to shell out for the lifetime alignment deal at Firestone. I've tried DIY alignment but the tolerances are so low I'd rather have it on a rack. I paid 160 bucks and have had the car aligned 7 times so far. (Trying out different track alignments.)

 

it goes in tomorrow, i figured i would try and see if my specs came out the same as the actual shop did. Dont worry im not saying i did it and can do all now! lol, il let you know how i compared though

 

Oh and my car is to low for the alignment racks in town. I have to make special trip to one.. .5 toe in isnt a bad spec. U need some toe. Zero toe would be horrible from what I have read.

 

Zero toe is OK If the car handles..I run a bit of toe out in the front for the track...and zero toe in the rear or a little bit of toe in...depending on what I am trying to do

 

Right, which was my over all theory as well Dan. Track casr generally run that setup as u just mentioned. My car is a DD I would say. Since I don't track.