Jack the suspension up and tighten the 3 upper mounting nuts (21 ft/lbs) to secure the suspension in place.  Use new nuts for that too.  When you're done it should look like this and everything should be secured in place.  Hopefully....

You're all DONE!! YAY!  Except that you have 1 more side to do you're all done!  Hehe.

Take a short drive after you're ALL done.  Drive around the block to see if there is anything wrong.  Remember to take the car in for alignment as soon as possible.  You HAVE to do this because the alignment is now wrong.  Don't forget about this!

Now you can go brag about this to your friends and tell them "I changed the struts on my car, piece of cake!"  Don't forget to return whatever you have rented!

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