here are some shots of the installed setup and torque specs.
the passenger side front. there is a good half inch of thread remaining under the two locking rings where it could be lowered further. but you can see how close the ABS bracket is to the bottom of the threads. when the rings are in the lowest position the ABS bracket does not fit over the endlink tab as it should(endlink and ABS bracket share a tab). on the bottom right hand side of the strut body you can see the brake line dangling under the brake line bracket. the brake line is threaded through the hole in the bracket but the steel sleeve on the brake line does not reach far enough into the bracket to be secured with the clip. not a big deal, just doesn't quite fit correctly. you can see the tip of the silver lower strut bolt sticking out on the lower left.
endlink/ABS nut = 30-40 ft/lb
lower strut bolt = 40-54 ft/lb
looking up at the front passenger side. H&R includes the dust boot, otherwise all OEM upper perch/mount/hardware except for the bump stop is reused.
top side of the front strut. very important that the center 19mm strut nut be torqued correctly. jack up the bottom of the strut slightly to make sure it's all the way in position. then you have to hold the upper strut body in place while torquing the nut. if you don't hold the strut it just spins in place the nut goes nowhere.
three upper mount bolts = 14-21 ft/lb
center strut nut = 42-56 ft/lb
rear spring. pinched between between crossmember and lower arm, same as stock setup. you can see the threaded upper perch sticking down inside the spring. could go down maybe 1/8" further. i loosened but did not remove the lower arm inner bolt(seen in the background pointing toward the exhaust) to ease the install. stock spring perch is not used.
lower arm inner bolt = 59-74 ft/lb
strut in the background. lower arm outer bolt on the lower left.
lower strut mount bolt = 56-75 ft/lb
lower arm outer bolt = 56-75 ft/lb
rear upper strut perch. reuse all OEM parts on this. perch, bump stop, dust boot. center nut at the top of the strut is on the other side of the perch. you have to torque it before installing the strut.
two upper perch nuts = 16-21 ft/lb
center strut nut = (oddly, could not find the specs for this. guessing it's in the 25-40 ft/lb range.)
used thread lock on all bolts during install and after a week or two break in period went back and retorqued all bolts/nuts. whew... i'm sure i missed something there! feel free to ask.