I have nice smooth ride with E-Prokits on stock shox. Then I upgraded to koni's [yellows] with my same prokits and a camber kit. The koni's really gave the ride some stiffness even on the lowests setting. So my bet is any good performance shock is going to make your ride stiffer.

You said your stock shox are blow, likely? Yes or No? if you don't know then they aren't blow. Eibachs are very mild springs with mild rates I had my OEM shocks on the car for 46,000+mi on my prokits and they still look fabulas, some dirt but the struts look in fantastic shape. I upgraded to go stiffer. The only way you are going to get a softer ride is prokits and stock shocks. If you are upgrading just to upgrade then save your money for when your shox are blow. If your rides not ossilating and you just cruise your OEM's will last for some time. Accords and Ludes have really good shocks compared to other hondas. Using a set of mild quality aftermarket springs they will last for some time.:thumbup: