Thank you all for the reply! I am sorry for the confusion as I was tied up in the office, hence the lightning fast typing this morning.
Basically what happened was, yesterday I was cutting one coil of the front springs with everything still installed to the car (springs were compressed and sat inside the perch). Once the cut was complete, the springs then jumped and it no longer sat in the perch. I tried everything to pry it back in, but no luck.
Of course the next method is to take of the whole strut assembly and open the top hat to compress the springs back into place. But my question is how do you take of the whole strut assembly?
I am new at installing shocks and springs, but I am new with Z cars. Local autozone, or pep boys dont carry Chilton or Haynes for Z. Please help.