I have the master kit from engery suspension and I recently installed the front passenger side suspension bushings. I put the ball joint boots on but they dont have the metal ring to hold them in place. I didnt want to put the old ones back on cause the metal ring is rusted and falling apart.

The ES boot seems to slide over the entire ball joint housing instead of fitting only into the groove that the oem boot uses.

Am I looking at the ES boots right? Am I supposed to put them on in a different way?

Anyone put these on before?

Thanks
Justin

 

No one has used these?

 

they have a compressed fit, once installed on the car they will seal but they do not have a spring collar like OEM ones do.

 

I didn't use those, got new ball joints instead (on my S4). I didn't trust them. If they're only compression fit, will grease squeeze out the bottom?

If anyone who reads this wants the ES ball joint boots, pm me.

 

That's just how they are. And I destroyed my s5's arms boots and found that these would not fit s5 arms... damn! So I went out and got some s4 arms and they pressed right on them...later