Solved

[Nick's e30]

Solved

[efficient]

use one of these

http://www.harborfreight.com/3-4-quarter-inch-forged-ball-joint-separator-99849.html

or a big hammer

[hooken m]

if you dont care about the control arms/ball joints then just whack the fuck outta it. get a big ass hammer. 10lber should do wonders

[ccsdo5]

Just spray it with some sort of lubricant and hit the part of the lower strut tube where the ball joint goes into with a hammer, it'll fall out it works almost every time for me.

[Ether-D]

Just spray it with some sort of lubricant and hit the part of the lower strut tube where the ball joint goes into with a hammer, it'll fall out it works almost every time for me.

3 well placed whacks.