Easy way to check for toe-in? Options

[TonyAKAVW]

I just received tires today to replace my front tires, which have worn on the inside much faster than the outside. My rear tires still have a lot of tread, whereas the fronts are basically bald on the inside. My guess is that its either toe-in or camber. The wheels don't look cambered any more than the back, though the front of the car does sit a bit lower than the back.

So my question is, is there a way to easily check to see if the front has too much toe-in? I was thinking about rigging up some laser pointers or something, but I don't know.

I would like to avoid getting an alignment because later this year I'll be putting on my carerra front suspension. For now I'd just like to prevent premature wear of the tires.

Tony

[john rogers]

If can get my article from the Pelican site it detals how to do home toe and camber checking. The camber is easy as you can use a large carpenter's square but the toe requires something to sit against both wheels so you can run a tape under the car and measure on both sides of the wheel. One way to get a rough feel of the toe with no tools is to chalk mark the tire on both sides a few inches from the ground either in the front or back of the front tires. Do a measurement and then roll the car so the chalk mark is near the ground on the other side and then measure the distance between the chalk marks. This would be a very rough approximation but the charts in my article can convert the fractions of an inch to degrees.