Tom,Tom wrote: Fri Jan 16, 2026 10:51 am I have the KW coilovers, and my ride height is maybe .75" lower than stock via the stock eccentric adjuster. For reference, even with my set up, the mounting bolts are 14 inches apart top to bottom when the weight of the car is on the shock (measuring from center of bolts). Your shock looks too long in that picture, but if you take the weight off the trailing arm it will drop a lot -- probably enough to get the lower bolt in. However, if it then bottoms-out the shock, something ain't right. Are you sure it's really bottoming out and not just hitting an intentionally stiffer part of its travel? If it is sitting a hard, mechanical stop, then either the suspension (torsion bar? Eccentric adjuster?) is trying to compress the shock more than it should, or the shock is just too long. How long is the shock -- measuring from the center of the top mount to the center of the bottom -- when you compress the shock all the way by hand? If it is 14" or more before hitting a hard stop then I'd think it's just the wrong shock... Are both shocks like that or is maybe one just defective?
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Thank you for the pictures. I have been trying to figure out if my turbo had been lowered. The bottom of the fender lip on all 4 wheels sits at 24 & 7/8 inches. It has been this way when I purchased the car, 10 years ago.
Lee