G-4ce_Banger

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I'm doing a lowering spring install and it was going great until I took the front strut assemblies out of the car and realized I forgot to mark the outside stud so I would know which way to reinstall the top of the strut tower. I would greatly appreciate if someone w/ a stock suspension X would look under their hood at the strut tower. I have pointed out a dot on the top of the strut tower that should be visible w/ the assembly installed. Can you tell me if this dot points toward the outside or front or rear on each side of the vehicle PLEASE!

sgtr275

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My measurements say it's symmetrical so it shouldn't matter which way goes where. A quick check of the service manual seems to confirm this.

sfearl1

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One "bump" faces the rear and one the front on mine.

G-4ce_Banger

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Thanks so much for the replys! And thanks for the quick shipping Steve! However now I'm more confused! I read a very comprehensive install awhile back before I started this and at first I forgot where I found it. I believe it was on a previous model evo installing hotchkis springs but they said to mark it and I forgot to do so. I remembered about this as soon as I got the springs out of the car. It seems to be different because when I put my finger between the freely spinning top of the strut tower and the plate just underneath it i can feel the difference as the one w/ the dot is higher than the other two. Here are some pics showing the difference that I'm talking about. I check the drivers side and the passenger side and the dot doesn't seem to correlate to the spacing difference so now I don't know what to do...

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Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics. Any advise? BTW these pics are w/ the screwdriver in the same place and only spinning the top portion of the strut assembly.

G-4ce_Banger

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Thanks for taking the time to check! Can you tell me which side faces which way? I don't know if the dot will even work but maybe if more than one person checks this out for me, it might be the same on all of them.

4whlbst

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That piece is seperate from the other. The top plate spins on a bearing. When u loosen the upper strut nut, with the spring compressed of course, it will make sense.

G-4ce_Banger

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I understand that they are separate pieces but it still seems logical to me that they could have a specific way to go in that could affect suspension geometry/performance. But it seems to be the general consensus for the most part that it doesn't matter which way they go back in..

07outty

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...what does matter when re-assembling the strut assembly after a coil change is...

there is a small hole in the upper spring "hat" and

a hole in the lower spring perch.

these holes must line up vertically to insure the coil is properly posistioned.