At those prices, I would go for the Tamiya set, combined with AE springs (or even the kit Durga springs). Tamiya's own springs are very soft for UK conditions, I think the Tamiya blue front is equivalent to the AE Silver front, and they get softer from there.
The Tamiya shocks are basically a metricised copy of the AE ones, but a direct fit on the car, and easier to work on. Start with 1.4mm rear piston and 1.3mm front piston.
Your bottoming out etc. is more a function of the very short travel on the Durga kit shocks, with the Tamiya shocks you get a lot more travel (they do need spacers in them otherwise you get far too much travel), you'll find that the car is a lot more settled with the longer travel dampers. Also the plastic dampers have ineffectual pistons (hence the #900 oil). They just aren't up to proper racing.
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