An apparatus for determining wheel assembly alignment comprises a contact assembly (36), a light source (40), and a light beam receiving assembly (44). The contact assembly (36) engages the wheel assembly (32) to define a plane of orientation of the wheel assembly (32) and the light source (40) projects a beam of light with respect to the contact assembly (36). The light beam receiving assembly receives the light beam and forms an image of the light beam (42) indicating the orientation of the wheel assembly with respect to a predetermined position. The receiving assembly (44) may include a Fresnel lens for directing the received light beam to a target (88) and a camera device for imaging the light beam on the target, with the camera device adapted to provide toe and camber information of the wheel assembly based on the impingement location of the light beam upon the target.