You are absolutely correct, ciphering through recommendations and doing research is an important part when you are tackling something new. I personally don't have much experience in suspensions, this is why I am here. From what I read about
Lower Control Arms is that the primary benefit is that they help improve the ability of keeping your wheels planted to the ground and reducing wheel hop. My car is stock and again I didn't see this as important. I am not racing off the line so I should not be running into this problem of wheel hop. The
panhard bar on the other hand from what I read prevents lateral movement and improves cornering. My
lower control arms, stock as they are shouldn't be to bad since the car only has 6000 miles on it. I have been told that despite this the rubber can still deteriorate, but this was my logic anyway.. Again I have to draw the line at some point. I'm not saying that replacing the
control arms and bushings is a bad thing, I'm just saying that I chose not to at this point.