DIY Home Alignment Info

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More pics of the alignment rigs off the car:
You will notice in the first few pics of the rear rig that there is a black connector on the side verticals. Ignore those black connectors. IIRC, I did not calculate a long enough piece of the 1"x1" aluminum tubing for these side verticals. So I purchased the two connectors that would allow me to use some of the leftover short scrap tubing pieces to get my required length. My calculations in post #18 of 25.5" is the correct length without any additional connectors like I had to use.

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I've been so busy with house stuff and work that I squeezed in the first alignment check on my 2022 SS 1LE. I ended up throwing on the SPL toe rods and only making a slight toe adjustment. I didn't have time to do any camber adjustments. I'm thinking about moving my alignment rig to a different spot below my deck, but I will have to re-do the pads to make them level for the different surface. This will take some time to do so I just did this alignment on the same spot I've been doing alignments for a few years now. I always check the flatness of the spot every year just in case the winter season moves the concrete. All was well, no change in the levelness or flatness.


For the Gen6 guys:

Get the SPL Parts rear Toe Rods with the eccentric lockout! This makes adjusting the rear toe soooo easy! SPL's method of locking the toe rod is far superior to the Detroit Speed Engineering Gen5 toe rods I had on my '14 1LE. And no more torque to yield bolts!

The Cadillac Blackwing CT5 front brake deflectors are so big that they have to be removed for front toe adjustments.

As delivered, the car would do funky things . I checked the alignment and rear toe was 0*, front was an asymmetrical 3mm toe in and heavy on center with a slight drift. I left the camber alone for now and set the front and rear toe to 1mm in. Car drives great now, on center is how I like it, steering loads up real nice. It has that Gen6 feeling I’ve always lusted for. These low profile tires need symmetrical/perfect toe #s!

I built my Gen6 jigs based on my above measurements (Post #18) from my buddy's Camaro. I found that I needed to trim some of the rear vertical tubes. I ended up making that vertical tube 25.625" long. I edited the measurement picture below. This is why I say to make those vertical tubes long so once you get into the setup it is better to be too long to fine tune.

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Here's another great video on string alignments

https://youtu.be/ZVfD5Ptgm6I