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Well the hotchkis drops the front 1.7 and the rear 1.97, and with 18s the tires tuck slightly.

With your 1.5 & 19s the wheel gap should be very minimal if any. You won't need struts but I'd suggest an alignment along with the spring install.

Stock springs will leave 1 helluva gap. If you're into looks then its a given that you have to drop your ish. Would you consider doing it yourself? There are plenty of DIYs out there to walk you thru it. The 1st time I dropped a car (civic on ground controls) it took about 4 hours. Me and my friends got food, drinks, & music and went to work. It was fun and you learn a lot.

$2K for everything... mmmm... depending on how you want to approach it that seems about right. The rims are like $1500-1700, the springs are about $150ish, and install/alignment is about $300.

I still suggest the hotchkis setup since it has springs AND sway bars, getsome buddies and do it yourselves, and in the end just pat yourself on the back. It really isn't as hard as it looks. The tough part are compressing the springs (without power tools your arms will hurt).

Good luck... I'm gonna do my suspension before I order wheels. On the site you want to order from I saw some bomb azz Enkei FN-18s. So now I'm considering those... waaaaay too many choices...