went underneath the vx earlier on a creeper. i just barely slid underneath. wanted to see if i could remove the lower shock mount w/o jacking up the rear(i dont have a large floor jack). ends up i cant remove the shock from just removing the lower bolt. no way i could do this myself. also the hardware is corroded from going to the snow so i doubt i could break loose any of the nuts with my tools.
i decided to go to the local 4 wheel parts, it was less than 10 mins away. after about 15 mins of chatting i decided to go with the Rancho 9500 shocks. The 9000 series wouldve been nice but cost twice as much and prob more than i needed.
thanks for all the advise.