Thats what i thought. i see the old ones have a female end where they connect to the u bolt plate and a male end for the sway bar end. however, when i looked online for 2.5\" extended ones, all the pictures are of end links with 2 female ends and i was thinking it was a generic picture. I bought the sky jackers, and i have 2 female ends. It looks like i can press out the male ends of the old links, but i only have 1 with a decent end. I mangled one getting it out. Im thinking that i can pretty much reuse the old male part of the old links. Just need another link i can bum one out of.