Front lower ball joint boots
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No go
Both the Infiniti and Nissan dealership parts departments will only sell you the steering knuckle (control arm) with the ball joint and boot for approximately $233.00 and some change. The original ball joint boots are made by a German company named Freudenberg- NOK. I have checked with them and the part number on the boot is not in their database. I have also checked with Energy Suspension, Suspension Techniques and Prothane to no avail. Energy Suspension sells a complete urethane suspension bushing kit for the G35, but no ball joint boots, at least not separate from the kit. I think my only option is to either buy two new aftermarket ball joints from Autozone that are made in Japan and come with new boots for $68.00 each or see if I can find a close universal boot from Energy Suspension. I'm sure there is a bunch of G35 owners out there who have this same problem as it seems to be a very common problem for the factory boots to deteriorate over a relatively short period of time.
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Update
Autozone sells the factory OEM front lower ball joints with boots under the Duralast name with part number BJL148 for $67.99 each. I thought for sure that they would be a cheap aftermarket replacement, but it turns out that they are the OEM joints made in Japan. The only difference is the socket portion is anodized.
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http://www.autozone.com/autozone/ima...type/00206.jpg
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/par...mString=search
The picture is not 100% accurate, but the boots are definitely the original OEM parts made by Freudenberg NOK with the exact same part number and the ball joints look identical as well.
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/par...mString=search
The picture is not 100% accurate, but the boots are definitely the original OEM parts made by Freudenberg NOK with the exact same part number and the ball joints look identical as well.
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