Bilstein 5100 OME 887 and the spacer- what do I do?

First off, ready to install these on my truck- is there a particular way I need to orient the shock when installing? Line up the bottom bolt and the top three and go or something better?

Also, Headstrong suppled the spacer for the drivers side lean but how does it install on the shock? Is it supposed to be in-between the spring and top hat or what? I dont have access to anything to compress the spring which I why I had headstrong do the scary work for me- just confused on how to install the spacer

 

spacer goes on the very top.

set it on the studs on top and then bolt the whole strut assembly on the truck

 

dude, heck yeah, I was hoping it was that easy. Thank you... is there a certain way to turn then shock when installing that is right?

 

and you line everything up according to the top strut bolts..... if the bottom is not aligned, take a pry bar and run it through the bottom mount and rotate it where it needs to be

 

Spacer should be on top of shock but in-between shock and frame of truck. You just place the spacer on the top of the shock and place the shock into place, line up bottom bolt and make sure your top 3 bolts are aligned correctly, and bolt everything up.

And obviously just remove anything in the way and make sure you re attached anything you unbolted or removed. Some ppl loosen the LCA so it drops down and you can easily just rise the shock up into place but I preferred not doing that and weaseling it in.

 

Will be doing this soon. 2 sources of information I have come across.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/bilstein-5100-shock-install.569564/

https://www.edmunds.com/toyota/taco...a-tacoma-bilstein-shock-absorber-upgrade.html