Camber Adjustment

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Compared to the caster the camber adjustment is easy. Center the steering wheel, place the gauge against the wheel, and read the camber. In the picture you see I have -2.75° camber:

 

To change the camber jack up that corner of the car and loosen the 17mm nuts on the top of the upper control arm:

With the nuts loose push or pull the ball joint to move the top of the knuckle in and out. Pulling it out will move the camber in a positive direction. The factory camber setting on the front is 0° plus or minus 1° and for the rear it is -0.20° plus or minus 1°.

Once you lower the car down after an adjustment you need to bounce the suspension to make sure it has settled before you take another reading. Just push down hard on that corner of the car and/or rock the car side to side a bit.

If your car is lowered you will probably not be able to get to the factory specs. Don't worry about it, a little negative camber is fine. Just set the camber as close to 0° as it will go and make sure it is even side to side.


4WS Only:

The rear lower control arms on 4WS cars have a camber/track adjustment built into the bolt. Normally you shouldn't touch this. But before you adjust the camber on the rear you should confirm the cam washers on the bolts are pointing up, like shown in the picture. If they aren't then loosen the nut (17mm) and and turn the bolt (17mm) until it is for both arms:

 

 

 

Once you have set the camber on all four corners move on to 2WS Toe Adjustment or 4WS Toe Adjustment.