Hotchkis leaf springs sagg brand-new

This is the part I keyed on:
For the record, I did call Hotchkiss and ask for designed install heights, and they had none."
I belive Hotchkiss assumes people using these springs are doing major fab work building a car anyway and will not be concerned with what they probably deem a minor fitment issue for drilling new holes like jrlegacy23 did. A new hole in a more favorable location there would solve your problem and potentially add some lift depending where you put it.