Welcome to the ranks!
My '99 C4 daily driver has 97,000+ on it now. A previous owner put H&R springs on it at about 30,000 I think. As you can see from the photo, it worked pretty good! I don't get to carried away with high speedruns and I'm getting acceptable tire wear and handling. I watch for curbs and really steep driveways. You will need to treat normal parking curbs with a lot of respect
If I was a backroad speedster I would definetly go with an upgraded suspension. and a lot of DE!
Well, it looks like i can't upload a jpg right now. check my garage for a pic that doesn't really show how much its lowered
, and let us know what you decide.