[Ron Sutton]

It is "fine".

Is there a little diagonal loading on the shock body? Sure. But the shock is strong enough to handle it without problems in most street & track driving situations.

For those not familiar with how coil springs load ... they do not load parallel to the shock. The load is from tip of spring at top to tip of spring at bottom ... which is diagonally. The shorter the spring, the more angle the loading is. The longer the spring, the less angle there is.

I have seen some struts with very short springs create enough angled load that the pistons & seals inside the shock body of the strut wore out prematurely.

You may experience that. But I don't see a safety issue unless years down the road you allow the shock to wear out & keep driving it.