All this to protect the shock eyes? - And keep the same performance?

You'd think it would be easier to just weld a 1/2" thick gusseted steel shelf off the UBSkiderz to come under the eye.

The Skiderz already lift the eye above the plane of the leaves to start with, so they are almost completely protected upon installation...adding the shelf would therefore not rob clearance, and accomplish all stated objectives.

If you do go with the Rube Goldberg thing afterall, Have Father MIT compute the changes in forces involved with the changes in angles, and the resultant rebound and compression rates.

As you seem to be leaning towards re-buildable custom shocks anyway...you can therefore take advantage of that, and calibrate them as needed.



Sounds like a fun father and son project!