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Terri Kennedy · 11-12-2007, 01:39 AM

For those of you who do your own chassis setup / alignment, or at least supervise while a race shop performs the work, what system(s) do you / your shop use, and would you recommend it?

I've seen a number of systems in use and am looking at getting something so I can set up (and change the setup) on my Atom myself. I'm willing to pay more for ease-of-use (cost isn't critical) and speed of setup (prefer wheel-in-place over wheel-removal systems).

Lots of the systems seem to handle overall geometry well, but are more difficult / impossible to use for checking single wheels. For example, the Longacre toe kit will let you adjust toe, but you can't readily confirm that both sides are set the same - you only get the total (L + R) values due to the way it works.

11-12-2007, 01:39 AM	#1
Terri Kennedy There and back again Join Date: Oct 2003 Carmudgeonly Ride: 2003 BMW 325xiT; looking for a new fun car Location: New York Posts: 2,939	Chassis setup / alignment systems? For those of you who do your own chassis setup / alignment, or at least supervise while a race shop performs the work, what system(s) do you / your shop use, and would you recommend it? I've seen a number of systems in use and am looking at getting something so I can set up (and change the setup) on my Atom myself. I'm willing to pay more for ease-of-use (cost isn't critical) and speed of setup (prefer wheel-in-place over wheel-removal systems). Lots of the systems seem to handle overall geometry well, but are more difficult / impossible to use for checking single wheels. For example, the Longacre toe kit will let you adjust toe, but you can't readily confirm that both sides are set the same - you only get the total (L + R) values due to the way it works.