I have a 95, and I'm running on OEM struts and Matrix coilovers. I'm dropped as low as possible. Only recently has the need come up to replace the shocks. So thats 8 years, 4 of them slammed, and only in the last 3 months have things gotten bad.
I suggest getting new shocks/struts with the springs/coilovers.
KYB AGX's with GroundControl or Eibach spring is a nice, economical setup!
Spike