Tim,
Im in the process of rebuilding my front suspension. I bought a rebuild kit from Centerline for $425 which included all tie rod ends, bushings, ball joints, etc. The only things I would recommend buying that are not in the kit are:
Spring rubber pads(might as well change em now)
rubber bumpstops (one square, one round, per side)
sway bar bushings
Make sure to get the special washers for the lower A-arm bushings. These lock the nut, and hold the dust cap.
You will need a tie rod puller, IAP has them. Ididnt use one, cause I just cut the bolts to the tie rod ends with a sawsall(since I am installing all new ones)
I replaced all the bolts with new stainless ones, make sure to use 10.9 grade, or at least 8.8's.
I think I have spent about $1000 in parts to do my front suspension, but I have gone really overboard, and bought new spings, shocks, etc, etc.
I think a normal person would spend about $600 when all was sain and done.
As far as time, the job could be done in a weekend, if you elect not to paint everything, this seemed to take the longest amount of time, especially the degreasing. I ended up taking everything to the machine shop to be dipped.
Good luck, here is a link to my front suspension rebuild:
http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/show...&threadid=2457
http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/show...tion+has+begun