awright Adam
i ran eibach 25mm springs/ raceland Shocks, and most importantly Eibach ARB's on my old white 16v. and that thing handling like a dream. really tight, and could be chucked into anything with confidence
the eibach springs might not sit the lowest but have a far greater poundage, and coupled together with roll bars made it amazing
my new 16v came with 50/40 split springs (dunno what) and biltstein shocks. and it isnt a scratch on my old car.
the ARB's make a massive differnence on a mk2. they are expensive new but can be picked up for about ?120 odd 2nd hand. get one of the dealer boys of CS to get you the springs. i think it was Carnousser Craig who got me mine. i just got them all bargaining against each other for my business

im on the look out for a set of ARB's myself