Tedro951

If your clip fell out, it either wasn't seated, or the arm has been bored before. Travis will help.

Olli Snellman

At least all VW boots i have used fit just fine with VW attachment hardware. At least better than boots you used to offer with your kits. Most Rennbay kit users used to install old oem boots, because that hard rubber/plastic one did not work as it should.
I am not sure if there are not suitable VW boots around in the States, but in Europe they can be found easily.

This is a german made VW boot, fitment is just fine, just like oem one have.



There are also other good alternatives to rebuild these control arms. I have also used Rennbay product, so i have experience of several alternatives. Glad to hear Rennbay kit have had another style of boot.

Travis - sflraver

I acknowledge your opinion but respectfully have to disagree. There is a reason we don't use VW boots as stated above. See the difference?
I think it is great you are working to bring another product to market. Thats what capitalism is all about. What I will not do is sit idle while false information is being posted about ball joint kits in general. Now I am not saying that you are doing it intentionally but it only serves to hurt both of our products. I hope you can understand.

Olli Snellman

Well, i am not bringing anything to market, i am just using various kits with my buildups.
At least VW boots i have used (like in the picture i posted) fit like they should without any difficulties.It was as easy as the oem one to install. Control arm in the picture have been used for several thousend KM's after rebuild without any problems.
As you can see from the picture, that boot is not stretched at all, so i don't see where am i posting false information. I try to find the original package from which the manufacturer of these boots can be found.

Travis - sflraver

The lower diameter is smaller but it will stretch over. Problems will arise later shown by the boot splitting at the bottom. Just compare it to the boot on a new OEM arm and you will see what I am talking about.

I was also under he impression by your recent posts on the subject in this and other threads that you were the one bringing the 9prod kit to market. I know you said something about working closely on the development and having received a final version that turned out not to be the final version, or something like that.
Whatever the case, good luck.

Olli Snellman

Threre are different kind of aftermarket VW balljoints, so there are also different kind of boots. Boots i have used are more or less the same as oem one what comes to size.
I do not run 9Products. It is my friends company, and i occasionally ask him to develope parts i am interested in.Sometimes he even fabricate them. Pictures i have posted here are not from 9Product kit; it's a german made kit, so there are several other ball joint kits available beside Rennbay kit.