Well SCREW THIS. I went back to hires to re-ask the price of labor/parts and they upped it to 395 total. I stopped by Autozone to ask the tie rod prices. Here´s what they gave me.
PS, Internal Threaded Track;
Inner: 24.99
Outer: 18.99
PS, External Threaded Track;
Inner: 38.99
Outer: 18.99
My question is, which does the 1992 Escort GT have? Internal or External threaded track? I´ll be lookin this up in my Haynes manual but anyone w/ experience on this subject will really help. I want it to be internal threaded track if at all possible

But knowing my luck it´ll be the more expensive of the two.
With a little help I´m sure I can get this shit done by myself. I would need professional installation of the struts and springs though, but w/ me doing the tie rods that would chop off 395 bucks of labor and parts. With all the parts I was asking to have installed the parts and labor cost was about 800 bucks, and seeing as how my f*&king driving lamps just burnt out I had to spend another 40 bucks to get new ones, and now only have roughly 550 bucks left.