I did it with basic hand tools by myself in about 4+ hrs. you NEED a big hammer to knock the lower bolts out. I have a 5 or 8 lb hammer with a short handle that worked great.

Also if you have to hammer the bolts too much the ends CAN mushroom a bit and the nut might not fit back over it, so you will need a dremel or a bench grinder or file I guess to grind them down a bit so the nut will fit over the bolt again. Nothing hard or serious. If you want just buy new bolts.

The fronts were EASY to put in. the rears were a good bit harder because you have to put the 3 strut studs into the hols pretty much blind and the shock sits on a perch so you cant really move it much. Plus there is a lot more moving around back there. Again I did all 4 myself but it would have gone MUCH easier and faster if I had someone helping me.

If you do it yourself, buy a ratcheting wrench to fit the front/rear strut nuts. (15mm?). If you dont you will go insane trying to loosen or tighten the 2 of the nuts. Its the difference between a numb arm and 30 min to get ONE nut on/off or 10 min to do all 3.

I used the trunk jack to hold/lift the control arms to raise the strut up once I had the studs in the holes. If you have help you prob wont need to do this.

IF the 3 studs dont line up with the holes (2 of mine were off) hold the spring and twist the top mount, DO NOT TURN just THE SPRING. I did that like an idiot and the spring popped offf the lower rubber o-ring. Hsad to take it to the shop and have it remounted. They only charged me $25 though.

YES you do have to get a 4 wheel alignment. Put the struts in, drive it for 100-150 miles to let them seat themselves and then get it lined up.