OK, here is the situation: I've got "el cheapo coilovers" with tokico shocks in the front, well I hit a curb, bent rim, cracked windshield, etc...I wanted to change the shock so i bought the HU3532; thing is, this one has a perch for the spring, the one i have on now has no perch and that's the one i need the part # for. Or am I supposed to just grind that off??? :scratch

grind it off.

I've been there before, might want to double check your lower compression arm, mine got bent to hell. I ended up replacing EVERYTHING, from the knuckle out. I finally have my car in the shop for what I hope is my last attempt at aligning the wheels.