Any of you guys BOX in your swing axle shock towers?

[GreenMeanie]

If you did post somer pics please.

[Ol'fogasaurus]

GreenMeanie, question: why would you want to do that? Just curious.

Lee

[GreenMeanie]

I read when running Coil Overs with no torsions it can break the shock tower.

[JWP]

I've seen it done on a rail. It wouldn't hurt, but I'm willing to bet you'd get the necessary reinforcement from a Kafer Bar

[buildabiggerboxer]

I used to box them for coil overs , ive never found the need for 5 bars and all the space restrictions they introduce, i now use a simple yoke to take care of motor location for race starts.
all i do is tag the upper shock mounts to the body with 3mm plate, and i remove all the rubber from the body mounting bolt in the wheel arch and solid mount it all with a suitable 3mm plate made to fit under the bolt head , and a large ally spacer where the rubber pad used to sit, this stops the torsion tube from rotating movement with torsion bar loads, simulate this some how and you will be amazed how much they move, it saves weight from fully boxing them in.

[GreenMeanie]

AHH Thanks for jogging the old memory LOL I remember reading that now too.

I've seen it done on a rail. It wouldn't hurt, but I'm willing to bet you'd get the necessary reinforcement from a Kafer Bar

[Steve Arndt]

I replaced those rear body->shock tower rubbers with steel washers. Lever the body up and fit a suitable amount in there and bolt it down. It makes a huge difference on clunking noise from the shocks. With a small pry bar you wouldn't believe how much those cast steel shock towers will deflect.

[buildabiggerboxer]

Yes, dont they move somel, also on European 02/03s, VW deleted the torsion tube bolts either side under the rear seat base, rust trap reasons i heard, so these type move around even more, so t/tube twist is a real problem, its common on race cars to find the w/arch bolt mountings fretted right away, i also weld mine as well as the plating, i do grimace some when i see high poundage coil overs on them, there is another large design flaw in overloading this part, lets see if any one else has sussed it out?, but ive not seen the towers break, they are quite tensile, but ive seen Porsche a arms lower bolts shear.