I already installed them and put the washers on the outside of the bracket on the new bolt that bolts to the old location of the LCA.

I also installed them with the wheels off of the ground and the LCA didn't line up that great. The mount for the shock on the new bracket didn't line up that good on

It would have been nice if J&M included some instructions

 

Sorry you didn't get instructions, we can most certainly email you some if you still want them. The washers need to go on the outside just like you did it. As for the alignment the rear-end almost always moves when the lca's are disconnected so the line up of the holes is not that uncommon. The shock mount is designed to be a very tight fit so there isn't any movement in that area once it is installed. We find it easiest to place the shock mount tab in place and then rotate the rest of the bracket upward into position.