I only replaced the rear shocks as the title of my post sugeests. It took all of an hour for me to do both sides and it was my first time doing it. The trunk liner removal was very easy, just unscrew a few clips and opull the liner back some.

The only tricky part was loosening the top nut at the shock mount(My car had two nuts locked against each other). When I first tried to loosen it, the entire strut piston would rotate. I then grabbed the piston rod with locking pliers and I snapped the rod on the old shock. I finally figured that I could tighten the nut under the topmost nut and then loosen the top nut. Came right out after that. The bottom attachment was straightforward once I figured I had to unsnap a plastic protective cover to get to the bolt and nut holding the shock to the hub assembly.

I figure you will need a spring compressor of some sort to compress the front springs before you can disassemble the strut but I could be wrong.

Good luck.