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The Eibach/Konis will give you a much better ride than any of the coilovers you mentioned, as the coilovers all come with incredibly stiff springs and valving, and have been more designed with track racing in mind. Additionally, I have seen various threads, where people have pulled these coilovers apart and have consistently found lesser quality valving, etc., along with bad friction designs. You get what you pay for, sort of. They will also need rebuilding before the Konis would ever begin to wear out. Also, you will end up having to use the supplied pillowball top strut mounts that are supplied with the coilovers. Yeah, they provide easy camber adjustment, but if you don't race that isn't necessary. The pillowball mounts will also tend to transmit a bit more vibration than the oem mounts and will not last anywhere near as long as the oems.
If you just want superior handling, but reasonable ride comfort, the Koni/Eibachs are the way to go.
If you can live with the harsher ride, and don't have really bad roads, the coilovers might be an option, and in that case you might consider the newer/lesser known BC Racing coilovers, as they supposedly make an inverted strut design, which is definitely superior to the standard designs, and less to screw up in manufacturing. The only downside is that you'll have to mount and external oil/gas(?) cartridge somewhere nearby, as the inverted design requires these pieces be external.
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