I have a set of stock 01' Coupe springs that were professionally cut at a shop, being that they are Linear springs it did not hurt the ride quality.
The springs offer about a 1.75" drop.
Ride quality is great, we just went with an H&R setup so we no longer need them, btw we should have just kept them. I felt no difference between them when a friend of mine did it. x_x
PM me pics of the rear seats that you have if your interested.
What color are the seats? I will soon have some hyperco lowering springs. I'm doing a coil over conversion right now and won't be needing them anymore, they would come with the spring isolators. The lowest part of the exhaust sat 3" above the ground. Scraped a little on speed bumps but not much.