Well personally I was on the H&R Race springs for a while and my shocks never went bad on me. Of course, I don't put as many miles on my car as most people do, so it might be different for you.
But I'd still recommend getting the drop that you really want if you plan on getting shocks later. If you don't want to get new shocks later, than stick with H&R Sport/Tein S-Tech drop or higher (so like 1.4" or 1.5" at the most). No matter what drop you get, you'll be speeding up the wear on your shocks, but from what I've heard you're pretty safe with a non-drastic drop.
