Had one of these pressed in for a buddy of mine over the weekend as his passenger side failed and was clunking noticeably. Seems like a legit piece, only time will tell. It's expensive for a ball joint so hopefully the price will come down with time.

 

I've purchased the heavy duty vollig ball joints and will be doing an extremely thorough review on them with tons of pics. They look really good and feel solid in the hand

 

could the ball joint and or compression rod bushings be the reasoning for vibrating sounds at 50+MPH and excessive tire wear?

 

Sorry to post on this thread after so long but I had a quick question. Does a mechanic need special tools to be able to press this ball joint in? Also, for the ones who have installed it, what do you guys think? How are they holding up?

 

Any mechanic worth their salt... will be able to take this on easily. Honestly they hold up like OEM.

No issues with the ones I purchased.

 

does anyone know which energy suspension dust boot is going to fit on g35/350z? i bought the ball joint from ebay

 

Any estimates on this review?

Also where did you get the ball joints?

 

there is a thread around here with the specific part number.

 

For those who have swapped in these Duralast ball joints, would you recommend using the Energy Suspension dust boots with these or are they fine as is?

 

Yes put the ES boots much better choice.

 

These, right?
http://www.energysuspensionparts.com...p?prod=9.13130

 

Let me get this right?
Get the Duralast Ball Joint and replace the rubber boot with Energy Suspension Boots since they are more durable in the long run?

How's the fitment of the Duralast Ball Joint when pressed in and mounted?

Looks like a much cheaper direction vs. paying $300 for the arm plus another $100 for the bushings from the Stealership IMO.

 

I've had them for quite some time with the ES boots and honestly I haven't looked back since.

with many ... many miles put on them and some even tracked.

 

Just some FYI. If you go with the conceptz ball joints don't use the upper seat provided. They sit higher on the stud and the castle nut provided will not screw on very much. Wont screw far enough to even see cotter pin hole. Called conceptz they told me to use original seat and that worked, but tore one of he boots getting the seat back off. Oh and Ieft one seat at the machine shop thinking I wouldn't needed it. Dealer wants 25$ for one. Guess im going to try these Energy Suspension boots.