Well I ended up just loosening the bolts under the two caps, had my friend (weighs about 140) stand on my brake pad, and another friend turn the wheel so I could get the whole thing out. It's a tricky sucker. Took me a while lol.

Doing the rears tomorrow, hopefully they're a little easier.

 

Rears are less complex to remove. Four 17mm body bolts, the upper CA bolt, swaybar bolt, and bottom strut bolt. Using impact tools, it takes only about 10 minutes to remove each side.

 

Once you do one side on the front the other side shouldn't take more than 10 minutes. The whole job overall is quite simple when you look back on it.

Good luck.