All good points. Car is in excellent condition (bushings aside lol) and my goal is to ultimately use it as a daily driver. I have just never done anything like this and seen a few warnings of "don't try this at home."

However, I did also buy this car as a way to start learning how to do these things. I suppose I will re-phrase my question as how difficult is it to replace the lower control arm bushings on one's own with limited experience but a lot of research and patience, and if these are being done should the upper control arms and ball joints also be taken care of?

There are multiple tutorials online. Just want to throw this out there to see if there are any horror stories anyone has had!