Front shock, top nut torqued to 18 ft/lb as the FSM says. Problem is the rubber bumper looks a little too squished compared to how the old shocks looked. For you other Bilstein owners, does yours look the same or did I do something wrong?

 

mine don't look that squished.

 

Looks good to me
the upper grommets on my shocks are a bit squished more so than that lower ones. I cant see your uppers from the pic.

 

The uppers are just as squished.

 

i have 10 buck checker shocks and i didnt even know they had to be torked down but yeah mine look the same and they still didnt fall off yet

 

Your concave washers are installed backwards.

And don't put so much torque on that nut. Just enough to squish the rubber 1/4" or so.

 

yeah, i dont think you really have to tighten it too hard, just enough.
good job on bilsteins did you notice a difference with them?