My pictures only ahow the front of the vehicle being lifted, the rear is different - and the Haynes manual describes and shows pictures for supporting and lifting the rear ( as well as the front ). The rear gets lifted by jacking up at the rubber jackpoints under the rocker panel then supporting with jack stands on a support flange just inboard of that rubber jack point. I only place a garage floor jack at the rear axle diff with minimal pressure on it as a safety precaution when the car is lifted.

Ideally when buying jack stands you don't want stands that are too high, because then it means you have to jack up the car higher to get the jack stands underneath. For the rear a jack-stand that would work by just getting the tire off the ground with a garage floor jack and a nice jack-stand that would slide into position at that height, and just lifting one side at a time is a safe and easy way to go. If you do google search under A/C jack-stands you'll find different style and type of jacks to consider for your application.

Front shock absorber:
Lower mounting nut/bolt 41 lbf ft
Upper mounting locknut 22 lbf ft
Upper mounting nut 13 lbf ft

Rear shock absorber
Lower mounting nut/bolt 41 lbf ft
Upper mounting locknut 22 lbf ft
Upper mounting nut 11 lbf ft


road wheel lug nuts 81 lbf ft


also when tightening down the UPPER mounting nut and locknut uss a Vise-Grip on the shock piston rod - metal stem that sticks out the top of the shock - to keep from rotating while tightening up the nuts.

GET the manual because it has exploded views of the washers and rubber donuts that fit on the upper mountings.

Also remember you'll probably need a hydraulic jack to raise the control are into positio to align the mounting holes for the lower shock bolt.

I don't know which shocks are available for your car but be cautioned about going stiffer then what your car has now. As your car ages and you go to a stiffer shock more road irregularities will get transmitted into the cabin. Also the combination of a newer stiffer shock and your older engine mounts may not be the ideal combination for smoothness.