I had some new dampers/shocks installed in the front struts on my '98 Honda Civic a few months ago after fighting with tire wear problems, mostly cupping. The dealer was no help on this and thought it was just bad tires (Michelin X-One's). So I had some KYB GR-2s installed at a shop I had previously used. Last week, I had the car back at the dealer on another issue and he noted that the strut assemblies were not installed correctly--the alignment tab is 180 degrees from where it should be. (This is the tab on the lower end on the strut where it slips into the split fitting on the fork). I checked the service manual and he appears to be right. Yet the strut assembly "appears" to be correctly mounted in the car. Rotating it 180 looks like it would cause the angle to be wrong. Several questions: Am I missing something here? Do I need to get this fixed? John Clavin Austin, TX
