Some aspects of the AE kits can indeed be "dodgy" from time to time. Things like threads on shock shafts or turnbuckles can sometimes be quite shallow. I had some ball studs which could be put on the brand new car with finger pressure all the way down. Its fairly rare though and CML have always sorted things out like this quickly, but I know its annoying..
Now, your bodies COULD be the same, have a look inside and see if there is anything obstructing the seals going in ??
I have heard of rogue bodies as you call them, yes!.
I have some new normal bodies you can have if you need them, but I dont have any spare threaded ones.
Lastly you do need to be very very careful when building these shocks not to damage them.. They dont need new seals at all to be excellent - the improved (!) seals generally just last a bit longer. a good idea would be some AE Green Slime, smear it over every individual peice and then over the entire assembly to ease it into the body.
When you go to push them in, be really gentle, and when you feel resistance "waggle" the shocky-tool around in circles to ease the seals past the lip.. You just have to be really gentle and slow otherwise its very easy to damage them and have leaky shocks.
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