No. Nothing was done there. The boot is a little rough at the top, but otherwise ok. I just have to clean it up and drill out the rest of those rivets. I did notice though when I was taking the droped spindle out. The top of the spindle was hitting the upper arm. When I put on the original ones it never came close. I am hoping that when this is done. The crossmember goes up, and the body goes down some, and nothing hits anything..