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So not by any means would I call myself a mechanic LOL however when I purchased this car I made a vow to myself that I would do all the installs that I could with the tools that I have. With that being said, it is super straight forward. The driver side took me a about 4 hours(working out the kinks) and the passenger took me about an hour once we had figured it out. I had 2 friends there to help. We placed the front end on jack stands and got to work. Rent a spring compressor from your local auto parts shop if you don't have one. Oh and make sure you have a set of Torx sockets. You'll need it for the strut bolts as well as the upper control arm bolt.
E12 and E14 were all the torx that you need but it doesn't hurt to buy a small set if you don't already own some.
PS!! WHEN PUTTING THE STRUTS BACK IN PLACE PUSH DOWN ON THE WHEEL HUB TO ALLOW SOME MORE ROOM FOR THE STRUT TO GO OVER THE LOWER CONTROL ARM
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