that sounds like a good idea, when you say near the same length, how near, longer or shorter, reason i ask is i thought if i used a slightly shorter one, i would over come the prob of when jacked up the rear springs are slightly loose.
if i got some uprated shockers that were say 2" shorter, then i could make a 1" spacer bracket to make them only 1" shorter on full drop than the std shocker, thus holding the spring tight still
somin like that.