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My son works at a shop but because the alignment equipment is all computerized, he can't even "Check" my street rod to see what it is at. He knows my car as good as I do but it is the equipment and not the operator sometimes that gets in the way.

Another option and one that works very well is to get an alignment gauge from Summit. I boght the SPC Performance 91000 kit. I also bought the Toe-in kit but using a tape measure actually is much easier to use. In using the alignment gauge, I wanted to see how close it was to what an alignment shop (with older equipment) would get for me and I was SPOT ON after I had mine done.

I've adjusted mine using an article in Street Rodder magazine article

http://www.streetrodderweb.com/tech/...ent/index.html

With 1/4 degree Positive caster
1 1/2 degree negative Camber
Toe in Near zero

The car drives and handles great and normal tire wear. It takes time to do it and I always recheck it after a good test drive to make sure the other factors are not throwing off the readings.
Just thought I'd share a tip.
Jerome

Originally Posted by MRJB1929

My son works at a shop but because the alignment equipment is all computerized, he can't even "Check" my street rod to see what it is at.

After I wore out a couple good tires prematurely on the ‘34, I tried to get several alignment shops to “check” my street rod and none of them could get their equipment hooked up to verify my alignment settings... I decided to purchase a pair of turn plates from Harbor Freight for a $100 and an Intercomp digital caster/camber gauge for another $250 (about the cost of a couple of good tires).

I’m attaching a copy of one of the articles I used to teach myself how to do an alignment. Since I’ve gotten the equipment and figured out how to do my own alignment work, I’ve been able to barter with my street rod buds for things ranging from a couple of cold beers to borrowing tools!