for the suspension since you use your car all year round like me, i'd recommend ground control coilover sleeves and kyb agx shocks, you'll love it (well i do). in the winter, you can raise the car back up to stock height and during the nice sunny days, you can lower it according to your taste.
for the short shifter, i have the skunk2 dual bend and its nice. it sits like a stock shifter plus you can use your stock shift knob. i dont like those shifters w/ the plastic adapter and allen bolts... they rattle after a while...
well goodluck