It seems the spring plates for my u-bolt flip kit had distorted quite badly (not pictured) when I torqued my U-bolts.
Well not to worry.
1) Here are my MC U-bolt flip spring plates ala fordh8r
which incorporate a double shear shock mount to raise
the shock mounting point which improves my static shock mounting length.
2 & 3) here they are painted and mounted all torqued and no distortion.