coilover help

[paul2508]

as many of you might know there is a lock nut for height adjustment and another lock nutwith a lower seat for adjusting the shock spring.
just wondering,for a soft setting to i turn the lock nut away from the spring or against it? i was pretty sure it was away from the spring so there wouldn be tension on it. am i right . just took them off today . they look in better shape than i imagined . two front ones are set differently to one another . gonna sort it out once i have cleaned them etc. i take it i would need the geometry set on the car too when i have fitted them?