We’ve got photos from the roadworthy which show the damaged bits, and that was our second opinion, the first said the same thing.
Thanks for the info re the upper arm.
Looking at the lower arms, they seem to come with either a shallow or deep ball joint nut recess depth…anyone happen to know which is correct? One place has said the deep but we’re not 100% sure and the only way to tell is by taking it off. The car is a 2004 350GT coupe, with the leather seats.