DIY Camber Gauge

Taken from a MR2 board http://mr2oc.com/showthread.php?t=352082

phatvw wrote:

I got fed up of having to goto the alignment shop to set camber. Lifetime alignment at my local Firestone will only do OEM spec alignment and I need more camber for track days.

I was inspired by these folks:
http://www.sccagrr.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8160
http://www.tomhoppe.com/index.php/2009/02/cheap-digital-camber-gauge/

So I went to Home depot racing/Sears and made my own:

ZERO the level to the garage floor before each measurement:

Subtract 90 degrees from the reading to get your camber (assuming negative camber):

Note that I have two legs on the top and one leg on the bottom. This combines the advantages of both the Tom Hoppe and sccagrr designs:

Awesome find man! Thats defiantly worth the $40.

damn dude sounds good i just used a level and eyeballed where i wanted mine altho i want to get an alignment after all my work i just got finished with

hey nacchtmensch its the kid from HIN idk if u remember i was talking with u later in the night but i just finished my build so i figured i would make a new name seeing as that edgar loves to ban me.... thanks.....

ill post pics of it soon is there a sheet that i can use for my 240s alignment some good preset to work off of or what? im not so good with determining whats a good start i know i want some camber for my front but not much in the rear i like to go on the highway quite often so i dont want horrible wear atleast for the rear