interested buyer with lots of questions

I'm not afraid of fabrication. When you deal with goofy rare cars, it comes with the territory (see my sig), but struts are one place where I have to draw the line. Swaybars I'll consider, because they're unloaded components. Bushings I'll consider, since they're generally not that complicated. But I like to think I know my own limits, and fabbing up my own struts is probably well beyond them. I'm sticking with the atrocious 1-piece struts in the urQ, even though I could convert to a factory 2-piece setup from a B3 car. Suspension is the aspect of cars that I know the least about, and it's the place where I'm most inclined to pay extra money for a no-hassle solution. Thankfully, it's also the area that I'm least concerned about modifying on this particular car, so I can put it off while I save up for it.