teener alginment, would you trust a porsche dealer ? Options

[sk8kat1]

I am still tring to find an alginment closer to home .. but may have to drive better than an hour to the place I found ...

There is a porsche dealer here in rockford .. do you think that they would doa good job or should I stay away ?

[ArtechnikA]

QUOTE (lapuwali @ Mar 31 2006, 07:30 PM)

For measuring toe, you don't even need the string or the jackstands.

just for completeness -- this method measures only "total toe" -- or difference between right and left. which is good, as far as it goes - but it won't tell you if both sides are too far to one side.

so there's a bit of ceremony to "doing it right" that involves making sure the rack is in the center, and the wheel is straight.

the advantage to using the "external frame of reference" the string gives you is that you can tell which of the four wheels (or what combination thereof) isn't straight.

it's possible to have both front wheels cocked a bit to one side, both rear wheels a bit to the other side, and while the car may track straight, it'll be fighting itself and won't be aligned with the road.

that said - i've used a "total toe" gauge (a BIG caliper) a lot of times, and if you have good confidence in the other end ) or are willing to let any discrepancies there slide while you concentrate on the other end) this method works just fine.

i'll be doing a driveway string alignment to the Subie is a couple weeks -- when all the brake and suspension upgrade pieces get here...