Is my lower control arm toast? With Pictures!

Try driving in California, always in the top ten in the country for worst roads, frequently in the top 5. Our road maintenance is that non-existent. And yes, I have been to and driven in Detroit. Yeah, the roads suck there, they suck here too. I also frequently drive gravel roads, visiting my family involves 5 miles of user maintained gravel. Yes, I drive my Duster and Challenger out there all the time.

My Challenger has destroyed one set of Hotchkis heims, and is working on its second, in that same 14k miles. And the same driving conditions destroyed the rubber bushing I posted above. No issues with the poly LCA bushings at all. Properly installed and maintained the poly will outlast rubber bushings by a long shot.