I just picked up the progress sport spring kit, and I'm wondering if the camber kit is necessary too, the drop is only 1.5"front, 1"rear, any input would be appreciated.

 

Probably not, but I'd get it checked once you got the new springs on.

 

First, most of our suspensions are out of spec when we buy them, so an alignment couldn't hurt any
Second, the most camber the stock suspension will allow with a drop of less than 2" is -1 degrees which is kinda nice if you're gonna take it to an autocross event (actually, most folks want more neg camber). . . . . and it's not so much camber that it'll shred your tires. When you approach 2" or more of drop you start to do funky things with the whole suspension setup- things the stock stuff wasn't designed for, and you start to really exaggerate the camber and toe effects.


Now the REAL tire killer is toe, and that should be checked after installing the springs- ( and everybody should probably get that checked from what I've seen from "stock" alignments off the showroom floor). Camber just makes the tires ride on the inside, toe really shreds the tires as they try to make grip in the direction of movement while being turned in. . . . if you can envision drivng forward with your tires turned to the right, say, you can imagine how strenuous that is on your tires as they deform to make the greatest contact patch possible, grip the road, and then deform back to conform to the direction the rim is facing- it's like scrubbing them with sandpaper, or repeatedly turning on the ball of your bare foot on concrete.

 

ok, thanks for the advice, I'll get my alignment done after the install, but wont bother with the camber kit unless for whatever reason its way off. Improved cornering ability at the cost of some tire wear, that's a no brainer.