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I did my bushings a few weeks ago. I replaced both the front and rear control arm bushings and the ball joints, since everything was already apart. I even did new axle seals in the transmission.
Getting the control arms off is easy. With a press, the front bushing takes 5 minutes. The rear however, will not come out in the press. I had a pile of cones and adapters and the stupid control arm will not fit in a press in order to get the rear bushing. But, the good news is, the rear bushing is probably not nearly as worn as the front and probably won't need to be replaced. If you want to replace it, drill a bunch of holes in the rubber and then hammer the center of it out. Once it's out, cut the bushing sleeve with a sawzaw or hack saw. Just remember, the sleeve is thin and you could go right through it like I did and then half way through the control arm...
Ball joints took 5 minutes a side as well. The ball joints are in the spindle, not the lower control arm.
If I were to do it again, I'd just buy new control arms with bushings installed from Rockauto!!
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