Rear shock hack job

[kdad]

Jeez some people should not work on these or any vehicle. Glad your getting it all fixed up again.

As for your drawing: You can see that by standing the shock at more of an upright position you will have more dampening as well as less stress on the mounting points. Shocks mounted at a higher degree of angle will get progressively softer on compression which is not recommended. Can you grind off the PO work and go back to stock location? Mounting the shocks more outboard or outside the frame will help reduce body roll and give good stability.