You get what you pay for.
True, especially with the likes of JOM. Stance+ seem to be pretty decent considering the price but sadly, they don't have any to fit the MK7
I don't know about this idea. You may raise the ground clearance of the car, but you will still have reduced shock travel. So you might not bottom out the car, but you will most certainly bottom out the shocks just like if you didn't have the lift kit.
I assure you, any shock with the word "stance" in the name is not worth purchasing.
Not sure I follow.. B8s are made for lowering springs. The kit is pretty much that 2 1/2inch plates that bolt to the bottom of the strut mount and top of the strut that are bolted together rather than running a longer strut bolt that may snap. Rear is a spring perch, hence why only a few coilover kits work with it as most have their adjustments on the spring perch. Don't see how it would affect the front bottoming out unless I was running a OE or softer strut with the lowering spring. The rear you have a point, but I Could always mix and match to that front. Most do when they go for the full lift as the vendor recommends it, they'll switch to the Atlas rear shocks and mounts. I suppose I could switch to the Alltrack B8 on the rears.
Missed the part about the B8s. My though was that you are not increasing the overall suspension travel, just raising ground clearance. And when you install lowering springs, on stock struts, you have the same suspension travel, but less travel to the lower bumper stomps.