Ball joint installation question with AFX package

[jdpolzin]

I was in the garage looking at the parts I have for my GN and started thinking, maybe too much. The upper ball joints (MOOG K5208) bolt in the upper control arm. the instructions from MOOg say the drop the BJ into the top and then put the metal retainer and rubber bushings over the BJ on the bottom side of the arm and bolt together. Well, I look at pictures of other peoples SPC upper arms, trying to figure out which arm goes to which side, and some of the people mounted the BJ onto the bottom side of the arm, some of them bolted them on like the instructions say. The question I have, with the ATS spinldes, should I mount them to the bottom side or slip it throught the top side and mount it there? Bolting it to the bottom would almost act like a 1/2 taller BJ. Another thing with this metal retainer, do you put the rubber boot through this and this is what holds it on? Seems to me like it would slip out pretty easy? thanks! -------Jeremy