Originally posted by white_n_slow
I thought a strut was just a shock where the spring mounts over it, so the shock supports the spring perches(as in your definition of c.o), like 88-01 civics. Whereas a shock was just a damper mounted somewhere other than through the middle of the spring. Am I wrong?
You may very well be right..

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I just know for sure that we have all struts and no shocks.