Set of B6's will be around 1100, the rears are circlip height adjustable, 260$ for a set of custom springs, or 300ish for eibach or tein etc. set the height/rate then use the rear adjustment to adjust balance as needed.
Koni's will be cheaper, Top Performance in Vermont are cheapest from memory.
This guy talks about why the jap shocks arent great, its not just about the harshness, its about the degredation of performance, and that they are not consistant between sets etc. http://farnorthracing.com/autocross_secrets6.html
I am tossing up between DMS and Eibach/Bilstein "coil-overs" at tax time for my 32. its been sitting stale long enough... Everyone mentions DMS reliabilty issues, but no-one first hand. Lotus-GTR I think it was got some, so should search him and revive his thread.
And quoting SK/Gary Cook on some setups: