you could call the guys at randy's ring and pinion, they're pretty helpful last time I talked to them (which was several years ago). I'm still working on doing my gear swap, so I'm not finished yet, and I don't have front gears so I don't know if anything is different with them.
off the top of my head, for the rear differential if you're re-using your current carrier, the parts and supplies you'll need are (at least) the ring and pinion gears, a complete install kit, some black RTV, ~2-3 qts of your gear oil of choice (I don't now how much fluid the 14 bolts take), and a good amount of brake cleaner. (if you want too you could also get some axle seals and bearings to freshen it up a bit).
now, the other part. there are some tools needed to get the job done right, you'll need a dial caliper with a magnetic base to measure the backlash, you also should have a non-click style low inch-lb torque wrench to measure the pinion bearing rotational pre-load, some kind of a press to remove the old, and install the new carrier bearings, and theres also a tool you can get to measure the perfect center of the ring gear for shimming the pinion, its name escapes me at the moment, but if you can't get it, thats the one tool you probably don't need, you'll be testing the pinion and changing its shimming based on the wear pattern testing.
if you have an extra $16 laying around, this DVD is a good thing to watch before you get started. it explains alot in good detail, it was really helpful to me, I've watched it a couple times, and I'll do it again before I start the actual install, since this is my first R&P install as well.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/RMG-VIDEOCD/
as far as brand goes, I like richmond, and some of the guys I respect the most also recommend them. here is a thread I started when I first was researching it all out.
http://www.pacificp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9506&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=richmond&start=0
hope that helps, hopefully someone else will chime in if I forgot anything. I just finished a 13 hour graveyard shift, so the likelyhood of me forgetting something is pretty high.