> .... Can tthe lower ones be done
> first (by a shop) and the later the uppers done by me?

This is what I did. Upper ball joint R&R is easy to do.
Would suggest using a shop that will press the new
lower ball joints in. The shop that did mine basically pounded them in
using bits of pipe.
That worked, but I think the right way to do this is to use a press of
some kind.

Neil.

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