ball joints, which side ?

[pickles]

any1 tell me how to tell which side is which for wishbone ball joints just by looking at them, iv ehm mixed em up

[rockmonkey69]

They have an engraving on the bottom usually 'RM' or 'LM' to designate right and left respectively.

[pickles]

mines dont 

they look the same from the top apparantly, just when looking from below the balls at a different angle

[km]

not sure if i can explain this, but the when fitted to the wishbone, the pointy bit will be pointing towards the rear of car rather than front. (top right).

[rockmonkey69]

Yes it is odd to explain 
Those produced by Lemforder (OEM supplier) have it marked. Other suppliers might have omitted this.
I just had a rummage through and I only have one picture that shows my ball joint although I'm not sure if you can make out the pointy end, it's a picture of my n/s though.

[pickles]

Yes it is odd to explain 
Those produced by Lemforder (OEM supplier) have it marked. Other suppliers might have omitted this.
I just had a rummage through and I only have one picture that shows my ball joint although I'm not sure if you can make out the pointy end, it's a picture of my n/s though.

thanks alot for that m8.

silly me obviously had the old 1 to compare against but thanks for the confirmation, saves a headache lol

[JimBR]

Tubular wishbones! How awesome.