Car Alignment With A 3D Scanner

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Damn you said “lasers” but then no pew pew sound effects were had

Not super accurate and kind of a pain defines my existence.

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Most exciting thing that's happened in the last month: I'm leaving the gym and a car drives past, I think "that car looks cool" "wait that kind of looks like a weird viper" "wait that IS a weird viper" "wait that's THE weird off-road viper!" So Hi Matt! From that guy who looked like he just left the gym. And ran half a block to stare at the viper while you were at a stop light. And was smiling like a four year old seeing a fire truck for the first time. All hail the algorithm.

If you put the tracking markers on painters tape you get way faster cleanup afterwards and somtimes can reuse them

Adding tracking dots to an epoxy floor kinda sounds like a good idea.

The alignment machine uses infrared cameras to image the wheel targets for angle data. The four cameras (one for each wheel) are located in the centers of the LED clusters in the ends of the tower arm. The LEDs act as a camera flash and flash each time the camera takes an image. Since the targets are retroreflective and the camera is perfectly coaxial with the LEDs, the target image return is very bright and accurate. The software (WinAlign) just uses the skew of the known target pattern to determine the angle of the wheel.

It never fails, when watching a SuperfastMatt video: I am forced to learn something new. This is not a complaint. All Hail.

Super informative! 3D scanner and DIY alignment are exactly what I need for my next project

Ohh dang when Super Fast Matt mentions another Youtuber I watch Making for Motorsport!!! This makes me happy.

At my work we have laminated sheets of tracking dots that we tape to car bodies and the scanner doesn't pick up the clear plastic and picks up the body perfectly beneath

Matt, I've 3d printed some multi-angled shapes and stuck targets to them. When I need to scan I just placed these objects near or on the thing I want to scan. No more stickers. Easy and work great

I love that they sent you that for direct unbiased comparison

The string method in measuring front and rear toe is very accurate, This is done on formula race cars using jigs that attach to the car. What happens is you find the center of the car ( left to right ) on both ends then place a string at equal distances from the center. Use a dial caliper to measure from the string to the wheel flange and you have toe. This does not take into account a bent wheel but of the wheel is bent, all of your accurate measuring does nothing anyway.

Matt: I Love your Channel! I have had many shop stools with wheels. None of them were wonderful. Then I found a slightly used 5-wheel office chair in the trash: free is the right price. I took it apart and tossed the arm rests and back. I reassembled it at the height that I like and I have been happy ever since. Please keep up the great work!

Certified probably good enough

I was watching another video, I believe on cleetus mcfarland channel with a 3d scanner. The company stuck the targets to painters tape, so you still had to put them down (which sucks) but they were much easier to remove. Simple grid of tape for the targets makes it easier.

hell yeah a new video, GET THE POPCORN BUDS

Keep up the unbiased reviews, It’s awesome to know what’s actually good vs who pays creators to say whatever