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Meh, modest camber doesn't wear tires, toe does. The factory 0° front camber spec is a crime with modern radial tires & any intent of moderately sporty driving, IMO. You'll wear the outside shoulders off and have full tread in the middle.

If you legitimately do track days I'd max out the front camber. Probably can't even get a measly 2 degrees with the stock front camber plates, even with the car lowered. Then set the rears 0.5° more. A touch of toe in up front will keep the car tracking straight on the freeway, a touch of toe in rear will stabilize the back. Too much rear toe in and the car will have unpredictable breakaway characteristics and will chew the rear tires up.

If it's mostly a street car I'd still run at least a degree of camber up front. We're not on the bias ply tires these suspensions were designed for anymore.

One minor disagreement to Bill V's input - with OE torsion bars the car is going to roll more than if it had upgraded ones, so additional camber is even more important. To make things worse, lowering your car also drops the roll center, so it's going to roll even more.
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