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1. No you won't die. Spacers definitely affect handling but you probably won't feel it on the street.
2. Look up how lowering these mcpherson+multilink suspensions affect wheel geometry. Typically, when you lower the suspension your wheels will increase in negative camber (top part tucks 'into' the center/wheelwell), as well as toe getting messed up. Stock rear control arms cannot be adjusted for camber, so that's the fix for setting camber back to where you want it. Front camber can be fixed with "camber bolts" or tophats with adjustable camber. Toe (and caster up front) can be adjusted to an acceptable degree without modification of the stock setup.
1.5" is quite the drop, and is around .3" more than sportlines springs. Speaking from personal experience, sportlines really messed my toe up and camber was getting bad.
I'm assuming you haven't gotten an alignment and if so, man, pick up some adjustable LCAs and get one. You're really missing out on your new suspension and probably have made it worse.
Here are my settings:
Front
Camber: -1.1
Caster: 5.7
Toe: 0.05 toe out
Rear: -1.3
Toe: .1 toe in
I loveeeee it now. Good lord. Find a shop that doesn't bs you around, has a low profile alignment rack or are badasses that use measuring tape and dials, and will set the alignment how YOU want it. I suggest the above or close to it if you're a weekend warrior but DD your car.
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