Been lurking (and learnig) for years, first post

Just did my front struts (shocks) on my 99 Taco. Two quick Q's....

Why is there 8 coil wraps on the drivers side and 9 coil wraps on the Pass? seems the dia is the same. Wonder if they were swapped at one point helping the 'Taco Lean' ? diff rates? no I didnt take the compr clamps off and compare the heigths

Since I did the struts I have read to have a Hunter mchn align the front end. Why? seems all I did was change 'shocks' and not change the geometry any.

Enlighten me, new to IFS chit

 

The extra wrap for the drivers side is to compensate for the gas tank, I think.

 

i would say the same.
A simple search gave this example:
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/show...iver+side+coil

 

Tried search and never found that thread, thanks! Guess I have to pull them once again

 

Should be 9 coil winds on the driver side, and yes due to the weight from the gas tank.

 

Thanks, just went out to look for colors/stampings/tags, nada. Makes perfect sense to me, PO (or shop) switched 'em.

Now back to the alignment Q ? if the geometry didnt change why align, unless it is just an accepted practice