[Nasty]

If you're going to lower the car at the bare minimum you're going to need springs, an adj. panhard bar to center the rear differential, and an alignment. It would be wise to get camber bolts to get more camber, adj. UCA to correct pinon angle, LCAs to stop wheel hop, shocks & struts to ride and handle better. With a mild drop like the Steeda or Eibach Pro-Kit springs it will align just within the factory tolerances for camber. Factory spec allows for up to -1.5 degrees of camber and it should be about -1.3-1.5 degrees. Running this much camber is great for handling. It's not too bad for the tires, either. Although I'd kind of prefer about -.7 degrees of camber for a street car. Hope this helps you.

I'm running the Tokico D-Specs, Steeda Sport springs, camber bolts, Steeda Sway Bars (Although, I just removed the front sway bar for drag racing), BMR Billet LCAs with BMR Relocation Brackets (Welded), Steeda Adj. UCA, BMR Adj. Panhard Bar and BMR Brace. I really like my set-up and think it handles and rides great. However for drag racing there was little to no weight transfer. Once I removed the front sway bar, it made a huge difference in weight transfer. It handles differently and you're not going to want to hit corners hard but it's definitely streetable.

also ive heard that when you put one aftermarket lowering springs with the stock shocks, depending on how low it is you can put a ton of pressure on the shock and they can actuly bend or break, i would go with buying some shocks along with the springs as well

No, the springs aren't going to break the struts & shocks. The springs are going to be a stiffer spring rate so it will cause the stock strut & shocks to fail early. It's a good idea to upgrade the struts & shocks at the same time though.

 

[Nasty]

I bought my car lowered with the pro kit.. done at the dealership the guy worked at... no panhard and no camber plates but the rear was fine and I never had any issues with wheel hop. I drag race more than most.. I think you will be fine just putting the springs on and if something else needs to be done then it is just as easy to do it later once you know all you need.. if you have the $$ to do the lower and upper CA's the Panhard and the camber plates then by all means knock yourself out but you will be fine w/o some or all of these, at least till your car tells you what it wants for the way you drive it.. I may get flamed for this but there really isn't any set-in-stone setup for running lowered.

My back tires wouldn't tuck the fenders without the adj. panhard bar and lowering springs.