Like I said before. The original owner of my car put Steeda Sport Springs (1" to 1.25" drop) on the Mach shortly after buying the car. I bought it from him and have 60K on the stock shocks. I bought
C/C plates for better alignment for the front end and they allowed for a larger range of adjustment and added the ability to set caster. With the drop you are going with it is a good idea to use C/C plates as they will allow you to get some compression (up) travel back which will help ride quality. My next mod is new front struts only because it is the fronts turn for some love after the rear got new
MM LRCAs,
MM Panhard Bar, and
shocks 
. Use your stock shocks and when you get around to is buy some struts when you have the cash.