That seems reasonable. Since it´s only on one side of the bulkhead it would be an odd way to save weight. Thanks for your input!
Had some spare time and had a look at the dampers. They are in good condition.
They needed a clean and then I refilled them with original Losi shockoil 20 WT according to the manual.
As you can see it has golden front shocks which I believe is not the original ones.
From what I can find the golden shock bodies are the first hard anodized?