Doing the job right and safely, and meeting both of your goals, is going to take, IMHO, about $600 at the very least, plus the cost of an alignment.

BAT kit, or Spax kit from BAT.

Go to BAT's page to download their catalog.

Function before fashion. '96 Contour SE "Toss the Contour into a corner, and it's as easy to catch as a softball thrown by a preschooler." -Edmunds, 1998