I lowered the front and rear so I am in need, I belive ?

That being said does any one have the instructions on how to do it them self ?

OR

Should I just take it some where. I know that sucks, but ill have to make sure I can watch them like a hawk. Is there any good info, like state of the art machine ? Or make sure its not an old machine ?

Any info would be great! Wish my luck with some one else in my car !

 

You'll never get it right doing it at home. Lowering changed your camber.

Take it somewhere with a modern aligment rack and stand there watching if it's your first time there.

Luckly, my cousin does this for a living so he does my aligments.

 

Definitely need a 4-wheel alignment. It's one of those things you just can't do at home; don't have the tooling.

 

when I call up should I be asking if they have an "modern aligment rack"

I mean I may just go to a local tire place, just because they have the good equipment. Ill just have to watch ?

 

Just hand them the specs you want it set to, only the most bodunk of shops wouldnt have equipment to align these things now.

Just watch what they do and learn, but you'll never be able to get things right at home.

 

can be done at home...final result will be far better than if done on fancy gizmo equipment that is intended for quick turnover/big profit and introduces error in numerous places but "sells" the job and rip pricing by looking "high tech" .

DIY equipment will include a 24" carpenters level, 40 ft of string (i use monofilament fish line),4 jackstands, 2 seven foot long pieces of 1/2" emt elec conduit, a steel tape (yo-yo), and minimal math skills...a level surface is needed but can be "established" even on dirt if necessary.

i use "turntables" under my front wheels, not really req'd but saves "rolling" the car to settle suspension for checkout after reset, made using two pieces of 1/4" steel plate abt 1 ft sq with clean sand between under each front wheel...recently have begun using a low buck laser level to rough in set-up of equipment/car before getting "precise" with strings,etc.

sHot Rod magazine had a very good feature article on DIY alignment a couple of years ago, many local libraries keep that periodical.

 

[QUOTE=86PACER;1566981178]You'll never get it right doing it at home. Lowering changed your camber.

Take it somewhere with a modern aligment rack and stand there watching if it's your first time there.

There is a thread (you'll have to search for it) that covered the at home method, but it's a lot of work. For tire wear and handling, why not just have a pro do it?

 

Wherever you take it be sure they can/will give you a before and after printout of the car's alignment. At least that will tell you the machine is a little newer than 'dirt' and the operator probably knows how to set it up.

The problem is trying to fine a place that knows what they are doing rather than just getting cars in and out as fast as they can.

I'm of the school that says you can do a 'decent' alignment at home. Particularly now that you can buy magnetic digital levels that read to 1/10 degree. With a cheap digital angle finder (looks like a foldable framing square) you can figure out the 20 degree angle to measure caster from.

The garage in my last house had markings on the floor to tell me how much to shim up each tire to get the car level in all directions. Either a long carpenters level, a digital level with a long straight edge or even a laser level will let you 'level up' the garage floor.

Camber is a direct read off a digital level/protractor.

Toe in is a little iffy because you need to get each side heading in the right direction. Just cumulative toe (wheel to wheel) isn't quite enough. I just bought a laser level (just for the laser) and am going to use it to project backward beams and compare toe from side to side vs the side of the body

You can make 'turntables' by taking two pieces of thing sheet metal and putting grease between them.They will be very slippery against each other.

For $120-200 you can buy a old fashioned 'racer' caster/camber gauge or a newer digital one. They also have adapters that index them off the outer part of the wheel rim,

I have more time than money and would rather blame myself for a screwed up alignment than some greasy kid at (plug your favorite discount place in here).

I have even aligned a car/truck with nothing more than a 24" level, some mathematics, and a handful of washers (for spacers between the level and the wheel). Oh yeah, two straight pins, a plumb bob and a tape measure for basic toe in.

 

I bought an alignment tool, I followed the instructions, read them 15 times and I can do camber and toe at home. I've never been able to get the caster done. How do I know, car kept pulling right. I took it to a place that aligns to Vette specifications and the tech drives the car. My 95 kept pulling to the right so, he kept swapping chimes until it drove straight.

You lowered your Vette, you need a 4 wheel alignment done.