ART Control arms, do I need em?

I got a bagged and bodydropped 98 s-10 which I am having problems laying out in the front. My bag cups are 3" upper and 3" lower. I used to have 2 and 2 but I wasnt getting enough lift, but I could almost lay out. I just put new upper ball joints in because the old ones were torn from stress on the angle of the control arm. So after the new ones went in, I cut on each side of the ball joint to relieve stress and I am going to reweld them up. I know it sounds ghetto, but I heard it worked. Has anyone else done this? I dont thing it helped much. Ive checked and double checked and this is the only thing thats holding me up. Should I just say F it and get some ART arms? Help is needed. Thanks