5100 Strut questions

Hey everyone! Quick question for you guys. I had a 2in in cool spacer from toytec for the past six mo the u til I got around to buying some Bilstein 5100 struts. After having a shop try to rip me off I decided to put them on myself. Wasn’t to terribly difficult but I’ve got a small problem. The top nut on the strut won’t go down and tighten far enough to compress the bushing. Are my bushings wore out? I’m on the second from the top clip setting on the bottom of the strut. What’s weird is the driver side is similar but not quite as much of a gap between the but and the bushing. Any ideas on what I did wrong or how to fix it?

 

no bottom bushing under the tower hat