Pulled RR coil spring out of bottom holder

I was going to a meeting at night, when I discovered I had forgotten my cell phone. I was 1/2 way down our 1/4 mile Lane when I backed off into a snow bank. Looked at the user's manual and it said remove cover & screw in eye bolt. Laid in the snow (all this is not necessary, just showing how PO'ed I was) and couldn't find cover to take off under the front of the car. Got the Skid Steer out with log chain, connected it to the right rear coil spring as low down as I could get it. Pulled a bit, but the only thing moved was the right rear fender. Next morning, when rollback tow truck got there, the guy took off the plastic cover off the front bumper and screwed in the eye bolt (which I had found by that time). Pulled car onto the lane and tow guy backed it to the shop. When he disconnected the chain he said I had pulled the spring out of the lower bracket (cup or whatever). Now, am out of country, but when I get home, I'm wondering how hard it will be to put the bottom of the spring back in the holder. I have 2 post hoist if necessary. I remember looking at the coil spring and thinking it had very small coil metal, so might be easy to pry back in. Am thinking of using several pair of vice grips as spring squeezers. I will be careful where to put the hoist arms so I don't screw up something else.
Advice please.

 

Many thanks for your good advice. One of my buddies suggested using a couple of motorcycle tiedown straps like a spring compressor. I will let you know how I make out. Thanks again for your great attention.

 

Thanks for the advice. I'll let you know how it all turns out.

 

Hey Guys, I can hardly wait till I get back home this Sunday to have a look to see what is going on. First of all, I will have to find out how to put the Prius on my two post car hoist. I’m sure there are designated spots to lift it by. If someone has a quick drawing showing those spots, I would be thrilled to not have to research that when I get home. The parts diagrams, one of you sent are fantastic and confirmed what I thought was going on. On some older cars, they put the shock in the middle of the coil, spring, and I was sure it wasn’t the case this time. I am told I will have Wi-Fi on my 15 hour flight back to the states, so , I can spend some time looking up the lift points also. In any case I really appreciate all your help and cautions. If you have a look at my website, you will see how we rebuilt the front end of my 1959 Ford galaxy Skyliner retractable hardtop. Needless to say we dealt with heavier springs there , thanks again guys

 

Happy to have this problem fixed. It's been fixed for about 10 days now. I put the car on my two post hoist. Pulled the bolt out of the bottom outboard A-arm. This allowed the A-arm to drop down to put the spring back in place. Lowered the car with a 2 by 4 holding up the A-arm. Had to reposition the 2 by 4 a couple of times but it was a great fix. Collapsing the spring the about 6 inches necessary to put back in was a real problem. Unbolting the top of the shock was useless because the anti-sway bar kept the assemble from dropping down.
Thanks for the help folks.