Made my way to a couple shops around town today to get quotes on the work below: (I have all the parts, they were quoting the labor only)

replace Upper and lower ball joints on driver and passenger sides
Pass CV axle
both tie rod ends
assemble new front coils and struts
install new front coils and struts
install rear coils and struts

Guess what the lowest quote was..........$1,972.87!!!!!!!!! thats bonkers.

so looks like I will find a shop to assemble the front struts for me, and do the rest of the work myself.

fortunately two of the shops inspected my control arm bushings and both shops said they are ok and do not need replacing. that helps but down on the man hours big time. plus, after replacing nearly everything else, if there is anything funky about my front end, I will know where to start looking.

also discovered my steering rach bushings were very worn. so I ordered a new set off amazon. gotta love free 2 day shipping.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1