Well.. I think I had one of those "Now there's your problem.." moments when I checked my LCAs.
Looks like one is quite torn. I didnt take a photo of the other side but that one also showed signs of surface cracks and is probably not far behind.
I was only able to see this with the car up in the air and the suspension preloaded.
I'm getting some new LCA's to replace and will report back with the result. Hopefully this is the only culprit as I couldnt notice any play with any other parts while checking.
Thanks to all for your great feedback!
Cheers,
Cristian