Amount of camber you want to have depends on what you want to do with the car. Stock camber or tiny bit more is enough for the street. The camber will go more negative after 1" lowering but should be within the 'street' limits.

Anyway, you should have the alignment checked after any lowering.

 

I wouldn't go quite so far as to say "fine" for every situation, because whether it is OK or not depends on what the camber was before lowering and on how hard and frequently the car is asked to take corners with more "enthusiasm" than average.

Figure on camber going about 0.5° more negative per inch that the front is lowered. So if you're a relatively mild driver when it comes to taking corners and the car started out at -1.1°, 1" of lowering probably will require that camber be reset (the factory "preferred" setting is -0.75°, although there are tolerances up to ±0.75° from there).

Just as there are a few people successfully running more than -1.5° in daily driving use, there are people and driving situations where even -0.75° might be too much (e.g., car is straight line weekend toy only, or for a driver who is very cautious about cornering but frequently uses the brakes very hard).

Bottom line is that once you even think about having to reset camber, give your driving some thought and set the alignment to your driving instead of precisely to -0.750° like some alignment places/techs believe is the ideal setting for everybody.


Norm

 

Yep. +++++++++

Interesting that no one here has mentioned checking toe after lowering. Improper toe will eat tires significantly faster than negative camber in daily driving, and it's been my experience that changing camber almost always affects toe.