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 Now to check the rear toe setting. It may be hard to see depending on how the print pictures turn out, but I have measured 3 3/8” at the leading edge of the wheel, and 3 3/8” at the trailing edge of the wheel. This shows us that we have 0 toe on that corner. This car will be set up with 0 total toe in the rear, so this is good and no adjustments are needed. If we were shooting for something like 1/8” total toe out, then we would want the reading on this corner of the car to be half of that of 1/16” difference between the leading and trailing edge. Then set- ting the opposite side of the car to the same settings of 1/16” of toe out, we would end up with 1/8” total toe out. After adjusting the passenger toe which was slightly out, I go back and recheck everything in the rear to make sure the settings are all where I want them.
Once the rear of the car is set, it is off to the front. The steps are essentially the same, only adding caster adjustment as well. Caster is fairly easy, it measures
   change in camber depending on rotation of the wheel. So you check the camber with the wheels straight, then camber with the wheels turned left 20 degrees, and right 20 degrees, this can be done with a simple protractor. A few math equations will give you your caster set- ting (these can be found in the smart camber tool instruction guide).
Camber is set and fairly equal on this car left to right side. I had installed a new steering rack and some strut bolts, and my initial settings for camber were fairly spot on some how. This car has
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