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My shop can't get the civic on the alignment rack without major issues..too low. I need a good camber guage, is there anything besides the Smart Camber tool worth using? I have a bubble gauge that is next to worthless.
I don't want to do any more math than I have to so no "tape measure" responses please.

I use the Intercomp digital.
It's not cheap, but very accurate.
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Comes with magnetic adapter, but I just hold against the inner wheel hub.
JP

Sebastian Rios wrote:My shop can't get the civic on the alignment rack without major issues..too low. I need a good camber guage, is there anything besides the Smart Camber tool worth using? I have a bubble gauge that is next to worthless.
I don't want to do any more math than I have to so no "tape measure" responses please.

That's what I use, think mine is in the berry trailer right now. Also use a set of Toe Plates, as long as I'm sure the car tracks straight.

Sebastian Rios wrote:My shop can't get the civic on the alignment rack without major issues..too low. I need a good camber guage, is there anything besides the Smart Camber tool worth using? I have a bubble gauge that is next to worthless.
I don't want to do any more math than I have to so no "tape measure" responses please.

You can actually do a pretty good job with a Sears digital level, you need to do a minor calculation to get the reading to be the same as a real camber gauge and fabricate a way to set the level against the wheel.

I have both and checked my Smart Camber vs the Sears digital level & they were same to .1 deg.

Vehicle has to sit on a dead level pad (or equivalent).

I thought Mako tested your bubble gauge to be pretty accurate once before?

How about a digital protractor, like one of the below, held to a board flat against your wheels? If the wheels don't interfere, and if you can get the car on a flat surface or if you know the incline of your floor it would work. Works well enough for me.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1260 ... 000P?mv=rr" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00948295000P" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

do you have a target amount you want dialed in or just trying to get it even side to side?

I have a good one. digital on a Tri pod. Brinning it for Tom on Sunday. but you can use it

Chad Stubblefield wrote:I have a good one. digital ON A TRI POD. Brinning it for Tom on Sunday. but you can use it

a camber gauge or a level?

wow, i hope I would be able to tell a level from a camber guage.

It also measures caster

Is this one where you can zero it so as not to need to be on a level pad? If yes I would like to check it out & compare to smart camber.

I think so.
I calibrate it by using each side of a glass window.

Chad Stubblefield wrote:wow, i hope I would be able to tell a level from a camber guage.

when you said "tripod" i pictured one sitting on the ground