oops...Marty...the plastic block bends on impact, so the plate under it bends?

Hmmm.

Got a pic of the reinforcing you did?

I'm thinking I could kill two birds with that stone...

If the reinforcement plate is on the plastic block side rather than behind it...and the plastic block could just bolt through the reinforcement plate...I'd pretty much pick up the ride height about where it needs to be to match the height up front.....I could then shoot for an eye to eye distance of 6".

Whatcha think?