You can get Tein Basic Coilovers for $900 brand new, not including shipping. They are 4 shocks and 4 springs and come with the tools so you can adjust the height of the car to your liking. They make the car look way better and its more fun to drive. Tein also have AWESOME quality, they arent too stiff and not too soft either. Perfect for someone like you.
Here are what mine look like on the LOWEST setting. This is the lowest I can go, I can adjust the springs higher to almost stock if I wanted.
This is what IT looked like with 18inch rims and no drop. HIDEOUS