Im putting illuminas on my 88 with tanabe springs. front went no problem. the back stockers came off no problem but the new illuminas seem to be a half inch or so longer. Is this normal, I only noticed because I did not have to remove anything but the wheel to get the old off. the rear wont drop enough to fit it in the mount unless I push it down. I suspect the sway bar is holdin it up since some tension brings it back up. If thats normal no problem. the real problem is the bottom of shock wont fit in the mount. there is s slight lip on the bolt side of the shock mount and there literally isnt enough clearance for the lower shock to seat in the mount. The inner part of the bottm of shock that the bolt slides through is hitting the lip and it absolutely wont go in. grind/file it down a bit? ever seen this?