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No from a physics perspective the spring after being installed in the strut will give the same force in the up and down direction.
Thanks to Newtons 3rd law of motion, The equal and opposite one...
The spring doesn't care if it fees the downward force of a 700lb guy in your trunk (where the spring will apply an equal force in the upward direction) or an equivalent force caused in the upward direction by driving over a dead body on the freeway (were the spring will exert an equal and opposing force in the down direction).
As a fun physics exercise take apart a retractable pen (the ones that click up and down). Find the spring that controls the clicking/retracting feature of this pen and flip the spring upside down and then reassemble the pen..... does the pen still work? Does it feel like the pen requires more pressure from your finger to click the button down?
Many of these pens have springs that have tighter/closer coils on one and and wider/further apart coils on the opposite end. Try this with an even spring and a gradated spring. It will all be the same no matter the spring direction.
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