Initial upper control arm setting for newly rebuilt front suspension

jawbone said

Have been contemplating purchasing the equipment to do alignment myself. The alignment shop that's not 1.5 hour drive wants 250.00 dollars to do the alignment and will need to leave the car unattended in parking lot overnight which goes against insurance stipulations. Does anyone have an opinion regarding equipment by Autosolo? Sold by Zackman Scientific.

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Autosolo appears to be the same exact stuff sold under multiple different names on Amazon, often for less...

$250 is pretty expensive for a wheel alignment.

I was able to find a used set of turn plates, I think they're Hunter. Old, really heavy, indestructible. I currently use a SPC Fastrax caster/camber gauge with those, it's a single unit so no need to have a caster camber gauge and a wheel clamp.

SPC Performance 91000 SPC Performance FasTrax Camber Caster Gauges | Summit Racing

With the FasTrax, toe plates, turn plates and some practice you can get pretty accurate alignments. The turn plates can be really basic too, some people just use plastic and dish soap. Although having something with a degree indicator makes setting caster easier.