anyone here do there own alignment (without a full alignment rack)? Have been frustrated with finding a competent alignment shop in my area and am thinking about buying a few slide plates, longacre camber caster gauges and whatever else I need and giving it a shot...

‘’looking for wisdom and thoughts and experience.. thanks!

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Yep, only 20 bucks in material, made my own lower control arm lock plates too, takes an hour or so with strings and jack stands and a ruler, the lower arms sit on wood blocks that have teflon between them so they slide to settle the suspension. I can get more detailed pictures Sunday.

Run a search for some old David Farmer posts. You can do it with a digital level, straight edge across the rim/tire, and tape measure without strings or taking the wheels off. Did it this way for a few years and can get toe to within 1/64” and camber within 0.1*

The blocks are cut to set the hub at the same height as when the car is on its tires, this made it easy to make adjustments and checks quicker as opposed to using the plates that go across the tire. I have two 1x2's with nails to locate the stings that sit on the jack stands in front and in the rear of the car. When aligning the front, I put a few plastic bags under the rear tires, and use points on the frame to base the string distance from the car to keep them parallel and square. Use a digital angle gauge for checking camber and calculating caster.

Funny thing is there are a number of good shops around, but spare time and I don't get to meet that often.

Here you go https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...gnment+methods

Thanks fellas! Heading over to the long acre site now... :). I’ll let ya know how it works out..

Making adjustments without a lift is a real pain to the bottom adjusters with the wheels on, but with the wheels off, you can adjust and check very quickly. I use shims on the upper arms, but this works great both ways.

Forgive the crude design, I made this as a I wonder if this will work kinda project. The block height is set so the hub center is the same as when the wheels are on the ground. Use plastic bags under the rear wheels. Have two of these, do the front end first then the rear. Added the side retainer 1x2 to help keep the car from sliding off, it's very slick on the teflon when you put a few drops of motor oil on them. They are just cut down cutting boards.