Owing lower control arm swap. Hardware was arriving today. Started before arrival.
Loosened one side nuts and notice one bolt has bad strip marks on it.
Previous replacer did crap job apparently.
Now arm is out, bolt stripped. On top of that, evening comes, no hardware.
Been on tel with vendor who tells me they screwed up on order so no parts this weekend for sure. Not til mid to late in week. Pissed is a kind word to say.

Now have arm out and stripped bolt. Need car Monday to take for alignment.
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. Any. Need car functional.

Thanks. Bolt pic below.

 

K. Done it all. May even have diy for arm and tie rods. Just had alignment done. Seems all ok. The squeak noise is gone too and car handles with more precision (very noticeable difference). Will chime in soon.

 

Just to complete this post, I managed to temporarily fix it.
Recapped thread on bolt using nut (slowly, forcing a bit at a time while in a vice).
Added thick washer to push out nut away from bad threading.
All held up very nicely and confirmed at alignment shop too.
Immediately after alignment, had tech mark the washers and eccentric bolt/washer/nut locations, to identify exactly how they are mounted.
Over time will observe to see if any movement was noticed.
Ordering new hardware set from a vendor that can actually deliver as promised. Will get the hardware swapped out sometime soon.

Definitely should be replacing these bolts/nuts/washers for any control arm replacement.
Recommend you use ECS Tuning (this forum sponsor), whose prices seem cheaper as some other vendors I tried.
For front, you will need:
4x Eccentric bolt
4x nut
4x Eccentric washer

Good luck.

 

I have had good luck with ECS. Great vendor!