oh yeah, otherwise i wouldn't be able to mount the shock's at all. the shock cap would hit the tower. Maybe my spacer's for the top were mis-machined. I had to sand down part of it for the shock to even fit over it. Do you have the standard width arms or the EXT arms snell? i might have to go back and take some better photo's tho. think ill probably contact jami at FLM and see what his opinion is as well.