decent tracking near camb/bury st eds
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Do the setup yourself. You'll do a better job just as quickly and I would imagine that you can trust yourself not to rip yourself off.
All you need for tracking is a tape measure, some broad duct/masking tape, a marker pen and a laser spirit level. Chances are you probably already have most of those things but if not the total cost of that shouldn't be about 15 quid. I reckon to be able to check eveything in about 10 minutes, 15 if things need adjusting. For camber/caster it is easiest to do it with a digital inclinometer, they're magnetic so stick to your brake disk and you just read the number off it - I use a pair so I can check both sides as I adjust things but they're only about 20 quid. With the inclinometers camber takes about 5 minutes to check.
All you need for tracking is a tape measure, some broad duct/masking tape, a marker pen and a laser spirit level. Chances are you probably already have most of those things but if not the total cost of that shouldn't be about 15 quid. I reckon to be able to check eveything in about 10 minutes, 15 if things need adjusting. For camber/caster it is easiest to do it with a digital inclinometer, they're magnetic so stick to your brake disk and you just read the number off it - I use a pair so I can check both sides as I adjust things but they're only about 20 quid. With the inclinometers camber takes about 5 minutes to check.
For tracking what I do is lay the laser spirit level down in front of the each wheel so that one end is touching the tyre and the other end is then a calibrated distance away for you to lay a length of tape - lay it the full width of the tyre plus 6 inches or so either side. Now do the same again to the rear of the wheel.
Next take the laser level and switch on the laser, hold the level against the face of the wheel/tyre roughly level with the wheelnuts. Point the dot of the laser at the tape in front of the wheel and draw a line on it. Now do the same again for the tape behind the wheel. Repeat on the other side of the car.
Take your tape measure and measure the width between the marks on the tapes in front of the axle and the width between marks on the tapes behind the axle. If you are supposed to be aiming for zero toe then you want the numbers to match. For any other setup you need to measure the distance between the tape in front and the tape behind the axle and grab your calculator to do a simple bit of trigonometry - don't let that scare you it really is a very, very simple calculation.
Next take the laser level and switch on the laser, hold the level against the face of the wheel/tyre roughly level with the wheelnuts. Point the dot of the laser at the tape in front of the wheel and draw a line on it. Now do the same again for the tape behind the wheel. Repeat on the other side of the car.
Take your tape measure and measure the width between the marks on the tapes in front of the axle and the width between marks on the tapes behind the axle. If you are supposed to be aiming for zero toe then you want the numbers to match. For any other setup you need to measure the distance between the tape in front and the tape behind the axle and grab your calculator to do a simple bit of trigonometry - don't let that scare you it really is a very, very simple calculation.
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