I am not going to spend an hour to make a post of what al these factors are.
their are many sites with all the infomation you need and pics to explain them,
It is not a dumb question but for your specific needs it is not a factor.
Any way you put it ,you using stock those stock rims or any rims can ever need a change of struts as they cannot make any difference to the fitment of a rim ever, after you google the terms you need to know,teach the guy who told you that because they have no clue what they are talking about