Thanks Charlie... In this picture, I have the passenger side "upside down" and the driver side "right side up". In the upside down position, the head of the shock is hard against the back of the lower control arm. The good news here is that it looks like a set of JRis will solve this problem, with a longer distance between the mounting hole and the head of the shock, and with a slightly thinner profile (smaller diameter head) . I will know for sure when I receive the JRis and try them out. Stay tuned, and thanks again for offering your experience to us rookies.
