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Old Mar 22, 2004 | 07:21 AM
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Default Alignment gurus wake up!

Is there a tech article or thread somewhere wher I could see if front and rear wheel alignment is (is not) psossible for a do it yourselfer. I will need that after I upgrade my front and rear springs and shoks. :banghead:
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Old Mar 22, 2004 | 07:38 AM
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Default Re: Alignment gurus wake up! (nuolitie)

I'M awake... (Yawn)
You can do an alignment at home and be as accurate as a shop or maybe even better. I do mine and it's almost perfect. (and you don't have to deal with all of those rip off shops that want to sell you everything you don't need. I have even had places tell me they couln't align old cars because the specs weren't in their computer to set the machine up. It just take a little time. With the new Laser levels available everywhere you can be very acurate. Chech http://www.corvettefaq.com There are acouple of articles there. Or just do a alignment seach on line. There may be an aticle there if not I can e-mail you a basic how to. It's really not too hard with a few "tricks".


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Old Mar 22, 2004 | 07:48 AM
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Default Re: Alignment gurus wake up! (nuolitie)

Go to this site, look part way down the page under DO IT YOURSELF and there are a number of articles on home alignment. http://www.corvettefaq.com/susp.asp
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Old Mar 22, 2004 | 07:51 AM
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Oh Yes - plenty of good texts. Thanks guys!!! :cheers:
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Old Mar 22, 2004 | 07:51 AM
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Default Re: Alignment gurus wake up! (nuolitie)

Took this from another post
Four wheel alignment for Vettes (by Chris Teague) http://www.vettenet.org/align.html

VBP alignment specs (page 6 in 2002 catalog) http://www.stingray.nu/tips/alignment.htm

Do-It-Yourself Alignment (by Calvin Sanders) http://www.vtr.org/maintain/diy-alignment.html

Example of tools that I WANT. Longacre Racing Products, Inc. http://www.longacreracing.com/catalo...st.asp?catid=5

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