hey sandersd,
i had my spl end links installed by corner3 and my endlink orientation are similar to yours. i was initially bothered by the fact that it seemed like it was binded. I brought it back to the shop and the tech said that it ok at it's current state.
I haven't noticed any clunking or residual noise as a result so I never brought it back
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