It's not a hard job at all. You're talking it into being a hard job in your mind, but it's actually really simple.
As far as new bushings go, you can get an entire Energy Suspension bushing kit for the whole car on Ebay for something like $150 or so shipped.
EDIT:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/86-91...em300210243252
Make that $120.