This sort of question does not tend have much mentioned in repair manuals or is it a popular subject. It may be obvious to most car folks, but I'm not a professional mechanic nor do I play one on TV.
So, after much struggling with the tight spaces as well as shoulder strain, the upper and lower control arms are installed.
Rear struts were seemingly fine and will not be replaced... for now.
The lesson was... Youtubers videos never cover all the pitfalls to this particular repair. Nor do they note that one side was much more harder than the other. That being the driver's side.
Another thing I found was that if I had chased all the bolt threads prior to attempting to remove them, it might have been easier. This is due to the rust build up.
9 years of built up rust obstructs the nut's threads. In three of four cases the nut would have come off easily from its torqued positions, but to then only stop turning after a few spins.
Penetrating oil was not enough to remove the nut further along as each turn pushed the rusty grime until the collected debris clogged the nut.
I didn't learn my lesson until the driver's side and took time to aggressively wire brushed the threads prior to wrenching.
After the installation was complete, it was a night and day change in the camber of the rear wheels.
Now the only things left are the links to the trailing arm as well as the trailing arm bushings.
That was all for another day.
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