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Anyone in here ever aligned their corvette?

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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 10:57 AM
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Is there anything out of the ordinary I should know before aligning my vette? How exactly do you adjust caster/camber on the rear wheels? I've never aligned rear wheels before, so I'm curious how it's done.
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 11:13 AM
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i would think it's a little out of the ordinary that you would try and do it yourself, just take it to good alignment shop.
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Is there anything out of the ordinary I should know before aligning my vette? How exactly do you adjust caster/camber on the rear wheels? I've never aligned rear wheels before, so I'm curious how it's done.
David Farmer has a DIY allignment guide on his web site

http://www.davidfarmerstuff.com/

DIY are very accurate, in some cases more accurate then any digital lazer machine.
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Have never done it myself but many do. Here are some drawings of what to adjust, sort of.

http://www.alignmentspecs.com/aspfil....asp?imgid=111
http://www.alignmentspecs.com/aspfil...e.asp?imgid=32

http://www.alignmentspecs.com/aspfil...e.asp?imgid=12
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 02:01 PM
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Lol, I'll be doing it on an laser alignment rack, I just wanted to know where the adjustments were. But that DIY stuff is really interesting.
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