[George16]

Zack, bottoming out is not a bad thing at all. It helps to protect your shocks. Besides, once the truck is in motion, you should be landing it with the rear wheels first just like an airplane landing on the tarmac. Have you ever seen any airplane land on all fours at the same time? None. Any vertical drop will cause it to bottom out so but not so when you land properly. You need to practice landing your truck rear wheels first . I'm running blue/black (f/r) springs with 50wt oil all around on my emaxx. It bottoms out when dropped from about 6-8 inches off the ground but rarely bottoms outs when landing from a jump.

Looking at the upper mounting point on the shock, try mounting it on hole #7 (second hole from top on the center.