Front suspension Q’s

By rebuild the arms, I assume you mean new bushings and ball joints. You can definitely have a local shop do that, or do it yourself if you have the tools (or don't but are down to get creative). You will need small ball joints. You also might consider the moog offset upper control arm bushings for additional caster.

As for the front suspension, I would definitely take a look at the lower control arm bushings. Unless they were done recently they are almost certainly bad. If you have the lower control arms off, that is the time to do strut rod bushings since they can't be done later on without taking the arm back off (I made this mistake and would like to warn others).