If you want perfect cornering get the hotchkis kit, the 1'' inch eibachs kit, put bilstein shocks in the back and cut 1 coil on the rear springs too. If it's just a weekend cruiser to you, and you just want it for how it looks, save more than a thou, get the 2 inch setup, stay stock up front, and don't. It's really that simple. Just don't expect improved handling with the 2 inch setup. You get what you pay for on this one. Not too many g-bodies over 100,000 can get through the slalom without smacking some cones. If you want to join that club it costs a lot more to get in, but we get what we pay for. I have owned a 3 series and when I drove my friend's 79 monte with the 1st setup I described it was 90% of the way there. Like oldsone implied, it won't make a noticeable difference if you stay stock and get the 2 inch spindles. All that does is lower the center of gravity. I would ditch the gabriels either way. They are good shocks, but not with a 2 inch drop. I also tried a monte with the hotchkis and 2 inch drop + poly bushings, but imo it was too stiff cornered with high G's and caused an irritating pain in the back of my neck. I think regular bushings are better with a drop (something has to give!) but thats more of an opinion than a fact.
