Am I in deep enough

I moved one of the pics to my hard drive so I could blow it up, get a better look.
The small amount of rubber showing does look a bit distorted. I cant say if that is normal or not. The bushing I'm familiar with don't have any excess rubber to distort at ends. Their rubber and shells are flush.
So... I'm not going to say if its all good or not.

Here are some pics, left and right, they used a little grease to get them in. The rubber looks fine to me. Prine, after doing it the other way it makes more sense to do it the way you suggested. I'm on a learning curve...