Oni Camber!

April 14, 2010 by Adam Zillin
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Oni ( 鬼 ) is the Japanese word for demon or ogre. When it comes to cars, it’s about running the absolute craziest amount of camber possible and in the pursuit of going over the top, wheels are coming close to sitting horizontally – supporting the cars weight on a contact patch of no more than 2 inches a corner in some cases.

Demon Camber!

Take a look at that… The guy even left the stickers on the tires!

Seeing these cars in the salons is one thing and there is no doubting how awesome they look but they are guaranteed to shock you when you actually see them working, scraping and sparking their way down the road.

I love this style and would never say no to the idea of pimping out a Japanese VIP in a similar way.

The rate of tire wear must be horrendous but who cares if you’ve deep pockets.

Outrageous!

I’m sure the tire shops love these guys to death!

Words: Adam Zillin
Photos: Adam Zillin

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Crowned-One

I am sure when they go to the tire shops, they just flip the tires to the other side before actually buying a whole new set. This is definitely a style setter. Oni-vip Style!
Marwyn Garcia

DAMN! It’s been a long while since I’ve seen a car rockin Demon Camber, I almost forgot it existed… lol!
*bj*

Yes!!!

I half expect it to strafe side to side like some sort of hovercraft…

Would be interesting to see at “full lock”
http://www.aus12.org Fury-S12

i know its not the point but id love to see that car do some hard cornering – hilarity – looks insane tho
http://Facebook Greg

I think that’s just Silly :-/
mike

what car is that? toyota crown?
http://www.banpei.net Banpei

@mike: It is a Cedric Y33. Basically Nissan’s Crown competitor.
Pipper

Ugly
Do not want
Kamuri

PLEASE!
show me a picture or a video of a car like this,wich is steers as much as it can to the left or the right…..
K’

Haha…it’s different I give them that. Reminds me of the saying about having deep pockets does not mean having good taste. Though who am I to say what should taste good or not for someone else.
LJS

Retarded
Dima

Oni-kyan is cool and gorgeous. Especially on shakotan. I wonder why tiremakers do not produce tires for such a camber.

For onikyaned (lol) cars tyres could be more like cone than a cylinder.
http://7tune.com Adam Zillin

Here is a link to the second video…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVU-oXEwfIs
lolwut

God you kids eat too much rice. How disgusting.
Kamuri

Thanks Adam!
very cool video!
Joe

ummm…. may have to try this on the S10…
Rob

This is lame, waste of money. I would shoot myself in the foot before I ever did anything remotely this retarded.
MeHappy

What does it cost to get this done? Anyone know?
http://7tune.com Adam Zillin

MeHappy – I wouldn’t know where to begin!

And it would cost at least $5000 in fitment alone minus the rims, I imagine.

Correct me if I am wrong.
http://mid-atlantic-style.blogspot.com sileightysr20

i love this. color coordination is nice too.
http://www.300zxclub.com T3ku

“there is no doubting how awesome they look”
You’re nuts.

That is a ridiculous amount of money wasted on so much camber, not to mention unsafe. When most people spend upwards of four grand on their suspension, it is so the wheels are FLAT, not protruding out like that.

Video of said car on road…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r6ltUgtFWI&feature=player_embedded
http://7tune.com Adam Zillin

@ T3ku

You will notice I said I like the way it looks and the shock value cannot be underestimated as you have proven.

Whether it is safe or not is open to argument, wouldn’t you agree?
Riceroni

Fail and AIDS!
Ian

are they bagged or coilovers?
Dominik

Coilovers… All the hardcore vip guys shun airbags.
http://racespec.blogspot.com Moe

Sure it has shock value, but so does smearing your car in feces. I do like a lot of the wacky styling trends in Japan, but this is certainly not one of them.
http://7tune.com Adam Zillin

I have it on good authority through friends in the industry that the car you see in these videos was damaged severely upon the return home for the owner – necessitating the car be removed from road duty indefinitely.

More to follow.
Cataclysm

This is camber:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrOAIW4uOkM&feature=player_embedded

That, is broken.
http://7tune.com Adam Zillin

That was an insane video – I never would have thought the tire to move around that much – made me wonder if his pressures were too low!
The Fool

In concept its all about the crazy look….

In reality its just plain stupid….