Can't edit my posts for some reason, so I'll add the following in when I can:
side at fully lock.
9b) Take the metal ring off of the stock pillowball mount. (You don't have to, but I found that it was rattling around every once in a while, and it might have gouged the top perch - better safe than sorry.)
9c) Put the perch on like so.
9d) Put the supplied rubber ring between the bottom of the perch and the top of the spring.
9e) Here's the full assembly.
9f) Make sure that after assembling and mounting, that you adjust the preload so the spring doesn't move around. If I remember correctly, I adjusted it so there was approx 3.75" from top of the bottom tightening thread lock to bottom of lower spring perch. As far as height went, I found that 7" from top of the bottom tightening thread lock to the top of the shock body (not the shaft, just the black plastic body) was perfect.
9g) As a note, the assembly still looks weird with that space between the perch and the pillowball mount. But there seems to be no other way to assemble it, and it's riding perfectly now.