Lincoln Spring Conversion Question?

I'm doing a Spring conversion on my 95 continental. I have the spring on the strut and in the housing but with the A-Arm down as far as it will go its still about 2 inches to long. There is not enough room in the strut housing to put the compressor on the spring. Any ideas on how I can get the 2 extra inches without taking the A-Arm off?? Please. Any help would be great