You're lucky because Texas. I doubt you see much if any snow and salt / mag chloride on the roads as a result? So I think Texas cars probably don't see a lot of the rust issues we get up in snowier areas.
Brakes plus quoted me close to $1100 to do the lower control arms, but that was parts and labor. Looks like I can get the LCA's online for $185 each and then maybe pay them to install them. I bought some LCA's at the dealer for $289 each over the weekend and then realized I overpaid so I will take those back and then order them instead.
I tried to take the old one off, but same problem, that bolt above the ball joint is completely rusted in. The nut came off easy, but the bolt will absolutely not move. Impact wrench (granted I just have a 1/2 inch mid torque Ryobi) did nothing, breaker bar did nothing, WD-40 did nothing to help as far as I can tell, hitting it with a hammer (well as best as I could given limited space), did nothing. So now not sure I want to bother doing the job myself.