I would definitely use your spring compressors mate, mine has sport susp and still needed them. You need a swan neck 18mm spanner for the bolt holding the top mount to the shock..
No need to take the hubs off the driveshafts. As John says, don't tighten things. What I did was put everything on (new CA's) and wound all bolts up until they "just bite" then backed them off a half turn, dump the car on its wheels (to learn your ride height with the perches on) and measured from hub centre to arch, note this down. Then, one side at a time, jack the hub up without a wheel on until you get back to this measurement, then do all your control arm bolts (plus bottom shock mount) up to correct torques..
You may also need a blow torch for the b**ch bolt at the top of the hub carrier. One of mine came off with heat, the other I ended up removing and taking to a machining shop (still have nightmares) but mine was much higher mileage so hopefully you'll be ok..