D2 Front Shock Absorber Towers

**Franz** · 18th July 2010, 02:11 PM

G'Day All,

I was changing my front springs today and noticed that the schock towers are positioned in such a way that it's hard to get at the bolt head with anything other than a flat spanner. The bolt head is between the shock tyower and the fender.

It would be so much easier if thye bolt head was between the engine and the tower and so I turned the tower around on the passenger side.

http://www.shutterfly.com/lightbox/v...2f12eb75ef82b5

My question is - will this make a difference - from what I can see, it makes no difference (other than making it easier to get at the bolt)?

Cheers,

Franz
2004 Td5 D2a Classic with mods

**Franz** · 18th July 2010, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by Franz

G'Day All,

I was changing my front springs today and noticed that the schock towers are positioned in such a way that it's hard to get at the bolt head with anything other than a flat spanner. The bolt head is between the shock tyower and the fender.

It would be so much easier if thye bolt head was between the engine and the tower and so I turned the tower around on the passenger side.

http://www.shutterfly.com/lightbox/v...2f12eb75ef82b5

My question is - will this make a difference - from what I can see, it makes no difference (other than making it easier to get at the bolt)?

Cheers,

Franz
2004 Td5 D2a Classic with mods

Looks like the link does not work - let's see if this does:

Cheers,

Franz

**Baffle** · 18th July 2010, 04:05 PM

No Difference mate

Tombie · 18th July 2010, 04:08 PM

No difference at all to performance..

Not a problem to do what you have done.

**Graeme** · 18th July 2010, 06:44 PM

I suspect the shocks & towers are fitted before the body is mounted to the chassis, making it easier and thus faster to insert the bolts from the outside during assembly .

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