superfly05

The reason for cutting is once you invert them, the non-ball long end hangs out the bottom, and will drag on the track if you don't cut them. I use a full size set of wire cutters and just snip it off a little past the e-clip ring. I install them hanging out, mark them with a Sharpie, take them out and cut them, put them back in. Where you cut is somewhat critical, there's not a ton of margin between too long and dragging on the track, or too short and falling out of the ball under high load. Ideally, there's just a little nub, maybe 1mm that hangs out the bottom when sitting neutral.