I got around to pulling some parts off...
Yanked the busted control arm... it was impossible to pull the ball-joint w/o damaging it, so once the pickle-fork trashed the rubber boot, I just took it off at the knuckle side and left the BJ on the half of a control arm. Looks like I'll need to order a second Whiteline roll-center kit for a new extended ball-joint.
I also noticed that the subframe where the front mounting point for the LCA has cracked welds.
So I also need to find someone with a welder and some skill to help me out. I've never welded and don't have the equipment, so buying a welder and attempting to learn for something as critical as the car's suspension isn't really something I want to do. Is anyone with a 110V welder (or a 30 ft long 220V extension cord, I can unhook the dryer I guess
) free this weekend?
I got a closer look at the strut. It's not off the car, but it's unhooked from the knuckle. There's a little less throw that I thought on the upper pillowball, but I still think there was enough to have kept it from getting damaged. But I'm not willing to call the strut "okay" just yet.