Well, here's my 2 cents on shocks. And I don't give a crap what anybody thinks of it, either. I ain't spendin 600 bucks on any kinda shock for what I'm doing. Never have and never will.
I've seen pictures of your cars. You aren't aiming toward cornering and handling like some others are. Monroes may be fine for you and that is fine.
The same applies to guys that are heavily into drag strip performance. I don't see the value in a $5000 set of heavily ported heads because I'm not into that. I don't care to squeeze another tenth in my ETs. I want better cornering and handling. There are curvy roads where I live and I enjoy driving them.
We all know what the speed limits are but many of us exceed them either in a straight line or in the curves.