since shop access is limited and my skills are limited and require somebody nice to help me out i just went ahead and brought it in to have the front done and aligned, slotted the bottom holes a bit to fix that up as per previous tracker alignments. i just couldn't wait a month to get it done, feels like an suv now! the rear shocks which are for a 1985 ford thunderbird ride nicely so far, just enough travel that i have to loosen up the parking brake cable as it was maxed out, also the travel is enough that the coil just loosens up slightly at full travel, so it seats back in perfect after full extension. i will post up some pics shortly.
on a side note i only used a 1 inch front strut spacer to limit the cv angle on downtravel, rides great on the road like this and maybe the front end will be just a bit less stressed..