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Trimming in action. We did what we could to maintain a square surface for mounting up against the car. It wasn't perfect, but it was close enough, and I have no loose shock noises coming from the rear of my car.

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End result, comparing the overly long no name shocks to the shorter Suburban shocks. Now I can cut my rear wagon springs even more without fear of them ever popping out of place! Or, I could install some shorter, stiffer, proper springs back there and no

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No name stock 240 shocks that are longer than stock, Koni Sports that are about 2mm longer than Bilstein HD shocks, and some KYB GR-2 Shocks for the front of a K2500 Suburban.

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Pressing the lower sleeve out of the bottom of the 240 shock, to be used in the bottom of the Suburban shock.(In theory, in this application of KYB GR-2s, the sleeve would not press out, so we had to resort to using "machine" washers, 2 18 gauge

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Comparison of the widths of the upper shock mounts. Here is where you would push out that long sleeve, and re-install the sleeve that came in the bottom of the Suburban shock, in the top of the Suburban shock. The stock 'Burb lower sleeve is the same wi