i lowered my 96 civic hatch around 1.25"-1.5", do i need a camber kit to get it aligned?

 

being the lowering is minimal you might be able to use factory adjustments for the first alignment but as the springs settle your probably going to need a camber kit

 

camber kits usually arent needed. they are mainly for traction. when you lower your car just get a toe alignment. the back doesnt matter too much cause its freewheeling. the tires should last a very decent amount of time with just a toe alignment.

 

im dropped ~2 in and im fine without a CK

 

are there any specific specs i get it aligned to? or just factory specs?

 

To answer your question, yes. To properly align a civic after lowering, you'll need a camber kit as camber doesn't have a factory adjustment.

That being said, you won't need to correct the camber to avoid tire wear. As long as you have the car aligned and the toe is in the factory specification range, you'll be fine. You can run a decent bit of negative camber on hondas before they start showing true camber wear. The true cause of most "camber wear" on lowered hondas is toe-out caused by lowering them. Toe-in or toe-out will literally destroy a set of tires within a few thousand miles, since it causes the tires to scrub across the ground as they roll. I had -3.0 degrees of camber on all four corners of my old civic (toe was set to within spec), and drove for several thousand miles with no premature tire wear.