Disclaimer - I've never installed my own coilovers and or springs/struts/shocks etc. First attempt here! Help would be greatly appreciated as this is my daily driver and I work 8:30 - 6 pm monday thru fridays and currently have no car 
(tomorrows gonna be "one of those mondays")
I attempted to install my koni shocks and TRD springs and I hit a dead end. I haven't touched the rears yet.
I began with the fronts - successfully removed the front struts & springs and then I started putting in the koni's & TRD. As you can see in the pics below, once I hooked everything up, I was about to put on the wheels and I realized that the struts are still moving freely...If I put the wheel on, the weight of the wheel just pulls entire strut down...clearly I've missed something lol.
Here's the video I used as a guide for installing in addition to the instructions that came with the shocks and springs (the koni shock instructions are pretty useless for newbies like me).
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C-ZUGi4R-Q&app=desktop"]Installation Video I used[/ame]
How come the strut doesn't go through the hole above it into the engine bay? I used a jack to lift the strut up, which compressed the springs and sent the top of the strut into the engine bay...i figured that was a step in the right direction, but, how do I get the spring to stay compressed???