I dropped my civic 1.5 in the front and 2.0 in the back. used Eibach Ground Control adjustable springs, and Koni Yellow struts. I have 17 inch rims and 215/40 tires, and they don't rub at all. This is a pretty expensive way to go....BUT it's well worth it. If you can only do springs now, I can tell you that your stock struts will be blown in no time. Depending on how many miles are on your struts now...you might get another 10-20,000 miles before they're totally shot. A friend of mine used adjustable springs to lower his hatch...and stock struts and well...it sucked :-) it bounced like mad, didn't handle well, and basically blew goats...so IF you can, plan on getting some nice adjustable struts ASAP. KYB AGX's are supposed to be pretty good, but I havn't used them myself. someone I know has them and he claims they make a "swooshing" sound sometimes when you courner really hard, but it doesn't bother him so... any way, just my .02 cents.

Also wanted to add, that with anything over like .7 inch of drop, you HAVE to get a 4 wheel alighment, cuz even if it SEEMS like the car drives fine, it doesn't. At the drop I have I never scraped, just got to be kind of carefull over short tall speed bumps. also...you MAY want a camber kit, but with the drop I have, I havn't really experienced enough odd tire wear to warrent the cost of a camber kit, and getting someone to install it (a shop has to do it so they can alighn it) i've been driving on this drop for like 2 years now, and have only gone through 2 sets of tires, I drive pretty sanely on the street, but i do make it to 2-3 track days each year so they get abused then :-)....good luck!