Sounds fine, you may also want to get 2 rear spring plates:
http://www.vwspares.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=430 £4.89 x2 (part 7, rear)
Ans also these bits from VW:
1H0 512 149 rear rubber spring seat £2.46 (x2) (part 12, rear)
8D0 512 097 rear snap ring £0.09 (x2) (part 21, rear)
N 022 150 1 front strut nut £1.41 (x2) (part 12, front)
http://www.moddin.net/images/temp/golf/frontsusp.jpghttp://www.moddin.net/images/temp/golf/rearsusp.jpgIts a 1 man job, but dont expect it to be easy, rears should not be a problem but the fronts can be a right sod!
For a start you need spring compressors to dismantle the shock once its off. Getting them off in the first place is the tricky bit though, you need to hold the strut still with an allen key whilst you spin the nut somehow, I found that my old bolts were 21mm, and one side needed a 7mm allen key and the other needed 6mm! Also my new strut bolts were 22mm
I managed to get one side off using a spark plug socket with a 7mm key with a big handle on I got from halfords, but the other side was completly solid, and belt my allen keys. In the end I took it round to a mate who got a windy gun on it! If I were you I'd pop into a local garage and give em £5 to loosen both top bolts off for you
P.S. I found a 22mm lambda probe/diesel injector socket online with had spanner flats, with a big hole in the side which made doing the top nuts up again a doddle
