@DannyP posted:I've no idea if this is the case with rear shocks, but front shocks have internal rubber bumpers to slow them down when near their shortest point.
I know this because my old shocks were regular length, and my old car was pretty low in the front. The front shocks were bottoming out. I cut the steel dust covers off, cut half the bumpers off, then welded the steel covers back on and spritzed with paint. The shocks were KYB GR2 that a bunch of folks use. This worked nicely for me.
The bumpers integral to the shock in the front might be required due to the ball joint front end NOT having bump stops.
Somebody would have to dissect the rear shocks to find out.
You may or may not be able to tell by compressing your rear shocks by hand, but certainly could stick a small inspection camera in there to find out without surgery.
I’ve cut the covers off some rear KYB Gas-a-just shocks 30 years ago. There were no built in snubbers. Back in my low dollar drag racing days, this was a common mod. We would then use a sway bar link bushing, slit it to slip over the shaft, put a hose clamp on and then move the snubber up or down to tune to the track.