I hear you. I used my brain and definitely no way I can remove anything up the other end. Its all vital to the function of the PV. I may experiment with preloading the spring at some point and seeing if I can get it to open a bit later even. More for curiosities sake than anything else.
In regards to the build, all the new challenges are done. Just have to button up the top end, take a squish measurement with the new base stack, and decide which coloured head to use. I'm thinking I'll stick with gold because it matches the price of my suspension and well.. I don't have to dig it out of a box