wanted: 8.75 shock plates

thats what i did too. just made the holes a little oblong.

does anybody recommend not doing this for any reason though?

I have been helping a friend chase a vibration in rear end forever. It was courtesy of the ground out plates.
He had a local welder open the "oblong" to a larger side, and weld in a sleeve that matches the diameter of the u bolts.

I do not recommend the "waller out the holes method".