The free play in the two lower bolts on the strut DO have an impact on the alignment. I’ve personally tightened the top bolts before I put the lower two in and it gets the alignment way closer to the actual original. And yes I have tried this doing bottoms first and it’s way more out of alignment.
Thanks, do you think there should be a rubber mount on the top between the chassis and the strut Mount, or it's always without a rubber layer. Was just thinking it could help take some sound and vibrations off the chassis.
What if the top mount is having a small gap after is install and when turning the weeel the top hit the side of wall and make a clunks noises strud is new top mount and