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Old 04-30-2012, 03:40 AM
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Originally Posted by shadetree77 View Post
speaking of alignment, is it possible to do a DIY alignment? i used to work at a tire shop and we had a guy there that could align the old ford trucks by sight; at first we let him do it by sight and then we put it on the machine and he was always dead on; after a few trucks we checked with the machine we just let him do his thing and didn't even bother putting them on the machine...but of course these were old fords from the 70's and early 80's, but just wondering if it is possible to do a DIY alignment on our cars
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How I adjusted the toe in / out, camber and caster on my W123 300D
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