Re-re Egress front damper situtation

[Saito2]

It looks like I'll be welcoming a re-re Egress into the fold shortly. I plan to make it a runner. I'm aware Tamiya left out the BF8 and BF9 brackets and altered the shock tower. I prefer the looks of the original, more upright dampers. The brackets I can make. I see Fiberlyte offers a front tower. Is it the same shape as the original? Also what was the reasoning behind Tamiya making this damper angle change? Does it perform a lot better than the original setup? Thanks.

[kontemax]

Fiberlyte tower is the same of the original.

 

Max

[Thommo]

I think it does perform better with the 2013 setup.  The original setup was too soft and the BF8/9 brackets work loose !