When I got my bc it didn't include those gold things, probably because of complaints of noise. If you didn't have problems before and you're reinstalling I would think something isn't positioned right. The shocks doesn't give the car height, it's the springs, spring mount, and that gold thing that does. You can also measure your springs to see if they're the same length, maybe one spring sags more when compressed.

The OP details the steps I took to set it up. Check it out... Height was set with the springs alone.