Hey I didn't say the front was easy....I said it could be doable but also tricky depending on the springs. Depends on how good you are at removing the struts too versus it being worth it doing it that way or not.
And there's nothing "unsafe" about cutting them on the car, lol.
The rears...I literally just cut the bump stops with mine on the car, so I'm going from experience. You DEFINITELY don't have to go thru the trouble of removing them.
Cutting a zip tie (for the dust boot) is waaaay easier than going thru the work of removing the fender liner, getting to the shock bolts & disassembling the shock. It's not hard to remove the shock, but unnecessary IMO
Pics for clicks...cut the zip tie & drop the boot:
4F8CCD9B-550E-4DB4-885B-E31527ED8D9B by
snobrdrdan, on Flickr
Lowered the bump stop:
CF3D6B46-35C4-40B5-9270-DF852F819540 by
snobrdrdan, on Flickr
I took a Dremel & cut the white plastic ring off first. Then took a SHARP razor blade and cut the bump stop as I rotated it. Then cut a slit to remove it off the shock:
5CFD78AC-749B-41B9-877D-C95EAF45258E by
snobrdrdan, on Flickr
Final result:
FB16C9A4-3EF3-4AC9-A216-E89E9563BC58 by
snobrdrdan, on Flickr
Slid the dust boot back up and then zip tied it to the shock mount, like it was.