WHAT SHOCKS TO BUY: KYB VS Monroe VS Bilstein's

67autocross said

I going to have to do some checking on my Valiant, the front shock body is 9 and 3/4" to the bolt centre. I would guess that with my cut down factory stops I would be getting close to bottoming on the shock.
I could make a barrel for the bayonet end to move them up into the engine bay if they do bottom....

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Huh, interesting. You'll definitely have to check. But even I run a small bumpstop.

I would call PST or Firm Feel and see if you can still get the 55-r081's. You may be able to sell the 082's to someone not looking to slam their car on the ground and buy a set of 081's instead, sounds like they may be better suited for you. Even if they don't bottom out you have to consider that the valving is probably different because of the amount of compression that the shock was intended to have at ride height.