I want a better handling and better ride quality... the California roads are really rough. I figure coilovers would be worthless and a waste of money considering a drop more than 1.5" on my car could be a kiss of death running into a 2" deep pothole in bad weather.

What shocks would work good with this kit?

 

well eibach makes a shock now that is made for that kit. So that should be the best option but it's probably not that much different than most other shocks.