july, 2015 followup for the Quick Trick kit to set toe in
I received the kit and it is beautiful. Works by clamping a frame onto the outside of ea wheel. It has bars parallel to the wheel but very low to the ground so that a tape measure can measure the distance before and after the front axle. The difference in those measurements = toe (adjusted for wheel size).
The idea is simple & straight forward
But...
the process depends on perfectly & consistently clamping the frames to the wheels.
TFA's wheels are custom made and the lips where the device clamps onto the wheel are not quite a "factory" profile. Tiny mounting differences = big differences in measured/calculated toe.
so...
I couldn't get consistent/reproducible results anything near the targeted 1/8" toe in.
For factory wheels the Quick Trick alignment probably works perfectly.
At that point i was 100% more knowledgeable & sensitive to the difficulty in accurately setting toe.
so, google introduced me to Mike Loescher of TrueLaser Track
http://www.truelasertrack.com/trihub.htmMike's hub-based laser tool allows even me to set toe REPRODUCIBLY to about .020" (or less) of target even in my restricted length garage. I only can get 7' clearance in front of my f axle. 14' gives much better accuracy
It obviously ain't cheap, but it is VERY SATISFYING to use.
karl