A mate of mine has £200 fk's on his audi a4 and slammed it to the floor on rs4 rims, and it feels no firmer than standard suspension!! Excellent ride! For some reason though, a mates mk2 feels awful on them, as bad as my hottunings!! From my experience £200 apex -60mm shocks + springs were a noticeably nicer + safer ride than the ht's, but even with lowered top mounts etc it still wasn't low enough, so when they started leaking put coilies on.. As I'm 20v'ing mine I've got to put decent susp on as well, so will be going for spax rsx.. That'll be £1000 nearly on 3 different sets over the years, the wrong way to do it,so my advice is to try + buy once. If ride is more important than looks and you're on a budget go shock+ spring, if needing to drop the car for looks and don't drive too quick get cheapo coilies, if you want an all round package and your keeping hold of the car for years with plans on ever improving it, save more and buy a real nice setup