People that a saying BC's make noise and ride like crap are absolutely full of it. I have my car lowered on BC's. I was riding 16 clicks hard in the front and 8 clicks in the rear. It rode just fine and absolutely no noise at all. Just to try it out I put both the front and rear to the softest setting and holy shit does it ride smooth.
I absolutely love my setup. The only thing I dont like about it is the front doesnt have a ton of height adjustability. Your choices are slammed, really slammed, and laying frame. But I couldnt be happier with my setup.
umm i think you can raise your fronts a little more than that...out the box my fronts were like 1/4 to 1/2 inches from the top of the tire and could probably go up an inch or so more. i lowered it to where the fender just meets the top of the tire tho...