Anybody Used Trackrite/trackace Tracking Guage?

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Trackace-Trackrite-Laser-Wheel-Alignment-Tracking-Gauge-/180800836984?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2a1891d578

 

anybody tried these?

 

Ive got a few suspension changes planned which will require the tracking being redone probably more than once, so I was wondering if these are any good?

 

they look a little flimsy, but some of the reviews seem good

http://www.trackace.co.uk/Contact/Trackace%20Your%20Opinion.html

 

although the reviews are on their own website so I'm unsure how geniune they are

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

ok so I'm guessing nobodies tried them then! Anybody have any opinion on whether it would be worth a punt?

[MiniGibbo 142]

For the £50 a time it costs i dont think you can beat getting your car set up on a hunter machine.

 

Ive not had the 205 done but theyve worked wonders on my other cars in the past..

[welshpug 1,658]

£50 seems a bit excessive, last time I paid £15.

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

Last time I think I paid about £30+vat and they got got it hideously wrong and wrecked my tyres in a matter of weeks!

no suprises that was kwik sh!t, when I took it back to complain, they re-checked it and it was something like a degree out on one side and 2 degrees out on the other!

[stu8v 68 1 Cars]

You cant go far wrong with using fishing line

[stu8v 68 1 Cars]

http://www.northloop.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?13232-DIY-Wheel-Alignment-Camber.-A-how-to-guide.&highlight=wheel+alignment

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

cant read that without logging in!

 

[Turbo7379 3]

That item looks the same this one from gunson so should be a quality bit of kit.

 

http://www.gunson.co.uk/item.aspx?cat=676&item=7258

 

I have one of these.

 

http://www.gunson.co.uk/item.aspx?cat=676&item=1812

 

It is very simple but it really works & it has paid for itself tenfold. My 406 had a problem of pulling to the left. I took it to 2 different tyre places to get the tracking checked on their high tech laser 4 wheel alignment kit. Both said my tracking was spot on.

I checked it at home using my trackrite- both sides out. Problem was caused by the steering rack not being centred properly. I spent an hour carefully lengthening one track rod & shortening the other & checking each time. When I finished I had cured the pull & alignment was perfect.

 

Went back to my local tyre place & told them I had cured the fault their expensive kit couldn't with a £50 piece of plastic & showed them the trackrite. They were sceptical & offered to check the tracking again for free. It came up 100% on their machine as I knew it would. That equipment is only as good as the operator & a good one should know to centre the steering rack, not the steering before he starts.

[PhilNW 44]

Many years ago Got fed up being charged a fortune for tracking so made a simple measuing gauge from square tube welded into a long u shape , with one fixed end and long bolt to use as a gauge, then measure difference between front and back of inside of wheels at centre line of wheel (allowing for any bent wheels)

 

Still going strong after 20 years and never had a problem with tyre wear

 

Just make sure it is stiff enough to prevent flexing between measuring front and back.