You also have to put the car in service mode so you can remove the front bumper horns, and don't forget the steering rack bolt, and the sensor if you have zenons, and the inner fender liners, and, and, and.....
Still, in a home shop with the car on jackstands and laying on the concrete, I agree that dropping the subframe is the easier way to do it. Also, if you don't have access to air and air tools, let alone an Oxy/acet torch this method will not work for you.
Knowing my luck, even with all those tools I'd still wind up dropping the subframe.
In the video the lower control arm came right out of the bushing too, I find most of them do not slip out easily, but rather want to fight you. I've had to rig up a puller or put them in a press to get them off at times.
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Sorry but a impact and a torch will never find its way near my car :nonod: More than likely, if your bushings are worn you should at the same time replace the ball joints, the steering rack bushings, the sway bar bushings, the tie rod ends......this is why you should just drop the subframe and do it all
Oh, and while your there, good time to check the power steering lines that have a tendency to leak
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