Setting up suspention geometry at home??

[FUSION X16XE]

Is there a way of setting up my ride hight, camber and wheel alignment accurately at home?

Im using coilovers...

[FUSION X16XE]

Help :)

[The Simps]

By eye really mate.

You can by camber gauges from the likes of demon tweeks.

TBH, I got my local Holburn's to do mine on there fancy lazer malarky. Was only £25/30 too.

[mowgli]

its much cheaper to go to a tyre shop. ring round & get some quotes

[FUSION X16XE]

Ow ok so theres no cheap kit you can get to do it on? Ive heard something about mirrors and shizzle like that? I thought it would be a useful thing to know how to do.

[The Simps]

You can't do it without the tools which aren't cheap. Even if you pick up an old school set (mirror type) from a garage thats gone bust or something its still not worth it for how much a tyre shop will charge on a very accurate lazer setup. I was genuinely impressed with Holburn's and I think you even get a free re-check with 6mths or something like that??

[FUSION X16XE]

Cool cheers bud rep added if i can :)

[craig green]

Try a local rally specialist or something.

Most tyre places only have factoiry figures to hand, show up with a slammed car & you will get excuses about what settings will be best & how its all out the window.

Even in my dull, sleepy part of the country I can think of 2 or 3 laser alignment & corner weighting places to get a chassis setup done. Something I really want done. (but cant afford)

[FUSION X16XE]

Any ideas how much a full laser alignment and camber adjusted would be?

What is the need to corner weigh your car? So you have an idea of were to place i.e. the battery to even out the load?

[garyc]

You need some corner weight scales. You should weigh it as it is typically driven eg drive in 1/2 tank of fuel etc. Your probably too far away otherwise I could do that for you.

[mikey14sr]

lol , I've been asking around our local "alignment" places if they can set up the rear (toe, it's out after the garage cooked it up changing bushes for mot:tard: ) of the vectra working off the centreline of the body, they've all said "why do that, it's the front that matters". Idiots......