Shock Length for Lowered Cars
I’m very low, but run 24.6” diameter 245/50/15 tires.
Have run the basic Hotchkis RCD shock that I think are shorter.
what is the diameter of your front tire? Should be something like 25.6 to 26.0”
I do not run lower control arm bump stops.
I have bottomed out a front shock before.... I went off course at Willow Springs Raceway into a gravel berm..... It bent the steel rim, scratched the front valence up, and bottomed out a QA1 “Star Stocker” I was running at the time.
It just knocked off the shaft snap ring and put a little upward dimple on the upper body shock support.
Whether the car is lowered or not, the end points controlled by the bump stops are the same. In my case I removed the lower one.
since you probably are running larger diameter tires, you should run a shorter LCA bump stop. Something like this:
Energy Suspension 9.9132R Energy Suspension Bump Stops | Summit Racing
So.... I’d choose a shorter shock.
BTW most common shocks show same part number for A or B/E bodies. But A-bodies are originally a little shorter.