I always heard stripes make me look thinner, so I thought I would give it a try.

The stripes are part of the alignment check. You need to paint a white stripe around the tire then scribe a line in it as you rotate the tire. Do the same for the tire on the other end of the axle and now you're ready to take some measurements.

For the toe-in/toe-out you measure the distance between the scribed lines on the back of the tires and compare that to the measurement on the front. If you have 1/8" or more difference in the two measurements, you're out of spec and can expect abnormal tire wear. Camber it the difference between the top and bottom measurements. Unloaded axles may have 1 degree positive camber(top wider than bottom) to compensate for some flex when you put a load on them, If you have 27"-30" tires, that's about 3/8" wider at the top than the bottom.

Mike