Would buying picrel and then tramming from the holes on either side be a decent way to do a DIY alignment?
>>28681761I'd like to further elaborate, I'm borrowing the idea from how some people do frame alignments or autobody work. Where you measure the diagonals to measure true squareness of the geometry. I'm just curious if this would be sufficient for a home wheel alignment, since it's still simple but better than measuring parrallel distances and risking a skewed center position.
>>28681761Doesn't really look like much less effort than setting up string linesI also don't like the idea of accidentally setting up my toe like a parallelogram, if you know what I mean
>>28681761>trammingwhat's that?
>>28681761Just do the strings . Hang fishing line over jackstands with a weight on each end, measure so they are parallel to lines from front and rear lip of the back wheels. Can help if you set up plates to let the front wheels rotate freely. Put two linoleum tiles or plastic sheets and some grease in between. Removing the front bumper or rolling the car up on blocks of wood to get ground clearance to adjust the tierod ends without having to lift the car up will make life easier.I did the strings alignment on a W123 (without rotation plates) and it worked great because access to the tie rods is easy. On a car with low ground clearance may be better to just go to an aligment shop. But a lot of alignment shops suck and just take your $100. I've had 50-50 luck with alignments being good or complete waste of money.
>>28681762>I'm just curious if this would be sufficient for a home wheel alignmenthttps://gyraline.com/
>>28681761...Yes? You can measure/adjust toe with toe plates. That's what they are for.
Ive done it with a single tape measure and the result was more precise than the shop.
