Replacing upper control arm bolts

No point in removing more parts or changing settings if it isn't necessary.
Yeah good luck with that. As soon as you loosen a bolt, the dang thing seems to have a mind of it's own.
BTW
Those bolts are very hard. I cannot imagine how one of them got stripped. To me, that's a poser. Gee I wonder if that was one of those not-enough-threads ones, lol. If your bolts were new going into the alignment shop, I think your guy needs a slap!
Mind you, I've been out of that business for a lot of years. Maybe Moog has updated their bolts by now.......