Take it from me.

Make sure that you put penetrating oil on all of the shock nuts/bolts and give it a few treatments of penetrating oil in the week or so before removing the shocks.

Generally if I am going to take off an "original" part, I try to work in a few treatements of penetrating oil before I start the job. The one time I didn't was with the shocks and I broke a bolt on the rear shock.

Good luck and enjoy the ride.

JCD