dude im going trew the same thing. from all the research ive been doing..( 2 months now) i came up with this..
if you have a good 1200 for coilovers then get them. sure u can find coilovers for around 400 but they suck. the car ride is real bad. also the performence isent all that great.
what ima end up doing is getting good shocks and lowering springs. and if u go lower then 2 in then ur gonna need camber kit. i say tein s tech springs and Kyb AGX shocks. the price i found them in all together was around 400 for the shocks and about 250 for the springs. for my teg it will lower it by 1.8 in fron and 1.5 back. the web site says 2.5 but that never happens .thats a perfect drop if u want a nice ride
my 2 cents