Camber Angle Basics

 

What is Camber?

The term camber refers to the sideways inclination of the wheels on your car. Camber has three possible states, neutral, negative and positive and is usually measured in degrees. Camber is always measured relative to the outside of your car.

Only one wheel/tire is shown in the diagrams below. For simplicities sake you should assume that both sides of the car are set equally.

 

Neutral Camber

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The image above shows a tire that is set to a position that is referred to as neutral camber. This means that the top and bottom of the wheels and tires are parallel to each other which is measured as 90 degrees to the track surface. This is the base line measurement from which the other two positions are measured from.

 

Negative Camber

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shown above is a wheel/tire where the camber angle is set negatively. This means that the top of the wheel is leaning toward the centre of the car.

 

Positive Camber

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The image above shows a tire that is in a cambered position that is referred to as positive. This means that the tops of the wheels and tyres are leaning outwards from the centre of the car.

 

 

An Easy Way To Remember Camber Angles

 

 

 

 

 

 

Possibly the easiest way to remember which is positive camber and which is negative camber is to think of a normal road, which is positively cambered so that rain and water drain away quickly. A clear road is good (positive) and vice versa.

 

Photos and Info via RcTek.