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Toyota introduced the Highlander, one of the first midsize crossover SUVs, in 2001 and redesigned it for the 2008 model year, giving it a slightly larger body and a more powerful V-6 engine. The 2008 Toyota Highlander came in several front-wheel- and all-wheel-drive trims. With the exception of the camber on the rear end, all trims shared the same alignment specs.

Caster

The caster angle of a wheel is basically the slope of an imaginary line drawn through the upper and lower pivot joints of the wheel when viewed from the side, with zero being a vertical line straight up from the ground and through the center of the wheel. If the top of the slope crosses to the rear of the vertical line, then it has a positive caster. If the top of the slope passes to the front of the vertical line, then the car has a negative caster. For the front end of the 2008 Toyota Highlander, the ideal caster angle is +2.62 degrees, but it can range by 0.75 degrees in either direction, with a cross tolerance of 0.75 degrees. The caster is not adjustable on the rear end.

Camber

The camber of a wheel measures the angle the wheel tilts when viewed from the front of the car. Wheels that tilt out at the top have a positive camber. Wheels that tilt in at the top have a negative camber. The ideal camber on the front end of the 2008 Toyota Highlander is -0.63 degrees but it can range by 0.75 degrees in either direction, with a cross tolerance of 0.75 degrees. The ideal camber for the rear end of front-wheel-drive trims is -1.0, but it can range by 0.75 degrees in either direction. The ideal camber on the rear end of all-wheel-drive trims is -0.6, but it can range by 0.75 in either direction.

Toe-in

The toe of a wheel ers to its alignment in relation to the centerline of the car. If the front of the wheel is angled slightly inward toward the centerline, then it is toed-in. If it angles out away from the centerline of the car, then it is toed-out. Most vehicles are designed for the wheels to have a slight toe-in, and this measurement is given in positive degrees. The ideal toe-in for the front end of the 2008 Toyota Highlander is +0.07 degrees, but it can range by 0.16 degrees in either direction. The ideal setting for the toe-in on the rear end is +0.24 degrees, but it can range by 0.16 degrees in either direction.

The Chevrolet Cavalier might have been a pretty decent little car in itself, but a certain malady followed the name wherever it went. Not only was the Cavalier not quite the import-killer that GM had hoped; older buyers had never forgotten that it was essentially a rebadged relative to the worst rebadged travesty in history: the Cadillac Cimarron. The Cobalt that replaced the Cavalier, free of such burdensome history, rose quickly from its 2004 debut to become one of Americas favorite compact cars.

Dash Lights

The 2008 Cobalt, like most modern cars, used a few different dash bulbs. The basic bulbs were single, white LED units from Equus, part number 9903. Part number 9904 was three 9903 bulbs splined into the same harness. The 5-inch Autometer tachometer uses a white, twist-in bulb, part number 3219. The gauges also use a few Autometer-brand, colored LED bulbs: the green LED is part number 3283, the blue is number 3286 and the red LED number 3294.