im reinstalling my old stock suspension onto my g/f's car

EGs by the way

the suspension pieces are disassembled

are the springs suppose to be taller than the shocks when you let the spring sit on the shock's perch?

 

you kinda have to compress the spring.(with a coil spring compressor) autozone loans that for free. then after that you have to put the rest of the pieces. which probably you know which ones.