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I've replaced lots of struts and they pretty straight forward. Go to a place like autozone and borrow a set of spring compressors. You probably are better off replacing the both the struts and the mounts, (not just the struts). One tip I can offer is to loosen the strut nut before jacking the car up off the ground. Don't loosen too much, just enough to break it free. I've found (the hard way) that if you don't do this, it can be hard to get the nut loose without twisting the strut rod too. Also, I don't remember if this is critical with the Metro, but mark the mount orientation before removing it from the car. That way you can put it back the same way. Some cars adjust alignment with the way the strut mount attaches, but I don't think that's the case with this car.
If it takes you longer than 1 hour per side your dogging it!