it depends on your truck and what shocks you have..I would rather have the mount on top of the axle myself,,however I had to mount mine on the front side of the axle to get an extra couple inches of upward shock travel..I don;t think there is a better way,,in front,in rear or on top of the axle other then having the shock on top of the axle its tucked out of the way of rocks..I have herd having the shock in front of the axle helps axle wrap but if it does i don't think it des by much..I don't know why toyota or other manufactures put the shocks one facing forward and one facing back
maybe space,,but I don;t think there is any advantage to it..I would mount them the other way for sure/\
