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Whoever told you to get a spring compresser for a leveling kit on your truck then they were high. It goes on top of the strut assembly. Heres a pic of my autospring on top of my strut assembly.
I was having trouble getting the lower part of the strut assembly to line up with the lower control arm mounting holes. no worries now, I've gott'em in there!!