Thanks mate. Yeah the damage isn't bad at all tbh, will have a proper look when the car is up on the ramps on friday. I would say to get a garage to do it unless your really confident you could do it. It took my mate nearly 6 hours coz he was having a lot of trouble. He thought it would take 2-3 hours at first. I don't mind winding them down or up but I wouldn't try to put them on myself lol.
Fair enough, I'll see how I'm feeling about it when I come to do it. I've just done a coursework at Uni covering suspension set-up though so I should really put my money where my mouth is!