In the past I've always replaced my bad CV boots with "split boots," which are nice because you don't have to really take apart anything. You just cut the old boot off, and put the new one on and then close it up with nylon bolts.

Now ... I'm still a strong believer in split boots, but I finally did have two split boots I put on go bad. One had been on for better than 60,000 miles, the other a lot less (not sure how long).

Since both boots were on one side, I decided to buy a set of the "popover" boots from Matt @ independent4x4.

I gotta say these are great products. Since I had to put on 2, I honestly don't think it took me any longer than if I had put on 2 split boots. Maybe less. And the boots do seem to be of high quality.

I am still a believer in split boots, BTW, but it's just a fact that these "pop-over" boots aren't much more work. I'll be keeping an eye on them to see if they last as long, but they look to be good quality.

How long they last is important to me, since from what I've seen the one piece boots that come on CV joints don't seem to last long with a torsion bar lift. I've had better luck with the stretchier split boots.