Shocks Choices and Part Numbers

[jcorreanyc]

Hoaesq, what did you end up doing? I'm about to buy the H&R spring set myself, and was thinking about going with stock shocks all around. I hear the Bilstein HD's are too stiff and I live in New York where the roads are awful.

Does anyone have feedback about going with stock shocks and a 1.2 inch drop? All the aftermarket options say that the shocks are not applicable with air ride suspension. I don't want to mix and match front and rear shocks and it'll be much cheaper to just swap springs.

Also, for anyone with the H&R springs, how much does it actually lower the car? Is it 1.2 inches as they claim? Do I need to program the rear at all or do the links do the trick alone?

Thanks!