As several have stated, it depends on what you are after and budget. Sounds like you want a good street handler and not break the budget. T bars in the .92-.96 range are a big upgrade over stock and don't need high end shocks. Good parts store gas shocks or KYB's should do it. Agree skip the rear bar as a start.

For alignment, I like -.75 camber, +5 caster and factory toe settings. That is hard or impossible to get with factory parts. Offset upper bushings help as do tubular UCA's. With stock parts, some positive caster and negative camber will get it done. Its a trade off between the two so you just have to keep it balanced.