Home Alignment

[LONN17]

I just got my car all back together and mounted my new '06 GT wheels and new tires. The car now needs to be lowered a bit so I plan to do the shelby drop.

In the meantime - next couple of weeks - I want to run the car around town to make sure everything is in good working order. The tires are wearing on the outside edge and I would like to correct this so I dont kill the new tires. What needs to be adjusted if the outside edge is wearing? Toe-in?

As soon as I lower the car I am going to have it aligned prefossionally.

Thanks,
Trevor

 

[iskwezm]

Could be towed in, see tread if its feathering) or positive camber(but not usually when its lowered).

 

[LONN17]

The car isnt lowered yet but will be in the near future which is why I want to do a home alignment instead of paying for 2. I'll prob only put about 1-200 miles on it before I lower it. Just got it back together this week and I am not just ready to render it useless again. (I havent driven the car since 2001 aside from a spin around the block when I put a much needed new clutch in last year and yesterdays open header run to the exhaust shop)
Here is a pic as it sits now...
http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h...current=tide010.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch4


Trevor

 

[LMan]

buy yerself a caster/camber gauge and go to it!


[tomlasorda] "It's your duty, Judy!" [/tomlasorda]

 

[19stang66]

You got a sweet fastback Lonn! I love the color and wheels

 

[John Z]

Google for diy alignment yields many articles, such as
http://www.negative-camber.org/jam149/technical/alignment.html
Relatively simple equipment and once you have it and practice you will have more confidence than taking the mustang to a shop where the kid doing the alignment never before saw a car that uses shims for adjusting camber.
Good luck

 

[brianj5600]

Toe causes the most tire wear is it is off. It can be measured easily with 2 straight edges and a tape measure. I used 2 wood blocks and 2 levels. Set the straight edges on blocks about 4 or 5 inches tall and bungy them to a spoke on the wheel. Measure and adjust.

 

[LONN17]

Thanks for the info guys - I'll give it a quick alignment today.

Trevor