Yes, I did note that didn't I? I guess my point is its amusing how much people stroke FM for their vmaxx setup, especially on Miata.net. I brought this up and was quickly pm'd by an FM diehard telling me how wrong I was. It's clearly noted on their site. They took the cheap vmaxx/rokkor European based coilover and swapped springs/bumpstops. As far as I'm aware that's all they did.
In that price range no I wouldn't purchase the vmaxx. I think FM even states that their kit is not rebuildable. With that in mind I would go the Bilstein, sleeve, qa1 spring route, konis + " ", or Tein Basics/Street Basis. The Koni/Bilstein route in particular seems very advantageous in that later on the down the line they can be sent off to FCM (Bilstein) and the like to become quite a competent setup if one should desire to do so.