What is fully needed to do a rear and front camber adjustment for proper tire wear

I installed lowering springs and camber arms on my car. It took me about 2 1/2 hours to do the whole thing. I kept the camber arms adjusted to the stock camber arm length. I then waited for a week to get the springs settled in order to get an alignment.
 
Dar-Dar said:
I installed lowering springs and camber arms on my car. It took me about 2 1/2 hours to do the whole thing. I kept the camber arms adjusted to the stock camber arm length. I then waited for a week to get the springs settled in order to get an alignment.
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Its important to let the springs settle - that's excellent advice re: camber arm length :1:
 
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True. Thing to keep in mind is that if you're going from 0 to say -1.5 camber you're probably only going to reduce your tire life maybe 20%. But that's hard to quantify as well since people drive more or less aggressively than the next person.
 
I just got eibach pro spring set installed on my 2013 civic coupe but nothing else. Is it necessary to get a camber kit/sway bar?
 
Here's a picture of how it came out.
 

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Prokits give a slight drop (a bit more than HFPs) and camber kits are not really needed. Rear sway bars are good if you want a more aggressive suspension setup than stock.
 
I too am currently in a holding pattern, waiting for other items before I install my springs. my patience is testing me tho, as I want my White Ninja squatting. I've purchased Eibach's Sportlines, and am currently saving for the rear sway bar. Are the end links that were mentioned only cosmetic? or are they needed and/or functional? I've seen back n forth about the sportlines regarding rear camber, my question tho, is it really needed? I do not like that the rear camber arm is so expensive compared to the front...bolts, haha. but if nec, then i'll have to save for that too...f@k..which means more waiting.
 
Here are my numbers right after my eibach pro kit springs were installed. Nutshell: -1.9 and -2.1 camber in rear. I had stock michelins with @ 6k miles on them when done. I now have 15k miles on the car and have rotated the tires twice since then. Although it sounds like 2* is pretty aggressive, more so than I thought (and the car grips great now on these tires in turns), I see no uneven wear yet . . . and I do not baby it. Because I get free synth oil changes at dealer I pay to rotate the tires every time. We'll see how long they last.
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