Home alignment, what about thrust angle?

Hey All,

I read some really great threads on fabo about doing home alignments. I am tempted to try it.

My question is about the relationship between the front and rear wheels though. When I used to do alignments at Merchants Tire back in the day, we aligned the front end off the rear wheels (we called it a thrust angle alignment) so that if the rear was cocked at a slight angle, the front wheels were in unison with them. Basically the wheels would all be facing the same direction, and the body of the car would be ever so slightly cocked.

Can this be done in a home alignment? Is it usually necessary? As we did all alignments that way, I don't know if it ever becomes much of an issue or not.

Thanks CE