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Ok here's my deal....I plan on installing a spc camber kit w/ my drop (Tein s-tech's/tokico blues) and I was wondering if after I get my alignment....would that one time alignment be sufficent enough or will I eventually have to go back and get another one (or many others) in the long run?

Like, does the alignment gradually go out of spec over time?

 
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Yes it goes out of spec over time. You should, as a rule of thumb, get one at least once a year.

 
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o alritey, thanks! seems like dropping a car has more hidden fees to it than just buying shocks and springs

 
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Thats not a hidden cost. Thats a generally good idea for any car.

 
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For a Stock street car, you could probably get away with an alignment every 2 years.... as long as it wasnt beat on too much (rough roads, pot holes, ect..)

There are a few Wear items and general mantinace items that get ignored in street cars...

just to name the most common.
1. alignments, Noted above
2. Brake fluid, should be changed every 2 years, and blead every year for street cars. Track cars, bleed and replace much more often.... (For Open track its reccomended to bleed the brakes before and after evey track event)

 
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since you live in houston, check out brake check on hwy 6 in sugarland, I have a lifetime alignment with them. I get my alignments free. I usually go once a month. I paid $100 for it. And I am dropped.

 
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I have my car dropped, it's only 3 months old and it has already worn out more than half the treads<--?(Did I spell taht right?) of the tires. It sucks; before the end of the year I might have to already get new tires for the front. I was wondering, can anyone more or less tell me how much will te SPCs prolonged the life of the tires? I imagine of course it will depend on many factors, like how I drive, (- or +) camber specs, etc...but out of curiosity, does anyone know?

 
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^^ mostlikly you have a toe problem, when you drop our cars the front and rear end Toe in, causing excessive wear that is ushually blamed on camber. Camber on its self (with 0 toe) can be run for quite some time with out excessive tire wear.

 
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So I was wrong then. It's a Toe problem and not a camber problem, ok.
But to tell you the truth though, I mostly have negative camber on the back only. The front isn't really that bad. Could it be that I'm steping too hard on the gas once I start my car and as a consequence I'm wearing them out too fast? I was hoping for our stock tires to last a little longer, but I guess I was wrong about that as well.

 
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I dunno about you, but on my civic the stock tires were Firestones. They are the worst excuse for a tire company I've ever heard. I got Kuhmo Ecsta Supras and I love them.. Slow wear so far and the stick to the road like crazy.

On a 2nd note, I am dropped only on prokits but am later buying tokicos. I was going to go ahead and buy a camber kit, but i'm uncertain of what to buy. Any help?

 
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^^^You should definately get the camber kit wether you get the Tokikos or not. As previously stated the car will have negative camber once dropped. They say SPC works great. I bought them but I haven't had the time to installe them yet. I let you know soon as I do.

 
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^^^^ Ok, cool man. I'm going to get my toe set back to zero at the dealership (thanks to a good ole conversation with boilermaker) and then see how my car handles. If it is all good, I'm not so worried about camber. I just wanted my car to quit yanking across the road and to prevent tire wear. I can't wait to get some tokico struts though.. mmmm.. my comfort level will increase to 1,000,000.