You will have almost a 50-50 split of opinions on this one. I was going to drop mine (decided on the sound system next instead) and I planned on stock shocks for awhile. Most people said it would be okay, others had stories of blown shocks after a few days. I don't know. If you're gonna drop it either way, maybe you should start on stock and if there's a problem, then go to perfomance. :dunno: