How necessary is alignment after installing new springs?

[ironchef]

Here is my anecdote. Had RCE Yellows and SPC lower control arms installed last week, along with the new wheels and tires. The alignment was awful. The guy wouldn't let me leave without an alignment, not that I was stopping him or anything.

[gmookher]

Originally Posted by james23

Alignment is not necessary at all after installing new springs. As I have experience of installing new spring for a year ago mechanic advice me for alignment but I continue without alignment still yet and have no problem. Just on Highway I feel little trouble but I overcome it by rotating the steering.

fail.

[Vonsamhain]

Originally Posted by gmookher

fail.

agreed

What I dont understand is why spend $700 on an install and consider not spending on $80 on optomising it. you are paying way too much

BTW, their are aways shops better suited for this kind of install then subaru or toyota. you are paying way too much. I could do the intall AND alignment one handed in 6 hours they are charging for.

I got my eibach springs installed WITH an alignment for less then $150 and everything came out perfect, including alignment specs better then the started.

[DanoFA20]

any time you change anything in suspension liek stated before minus swaybars or swaybar endlinks , needs to hit the alignment rack

[AZP Installs]

Originally Posted by Vonsamhain

agreed

What I dont understand is why spend $700 on an install and consider not spending on $80 on optomising it. you are paying way too much

BTW, their are aways shops better suited for this kind of install then subaru or toyota. you are paying way too much. I could do the intall AND alignment one handed in 6 hours they are charging for.

I got my eibach springs installed WITH an alignment for less then $150 and everything came out perfect, including alignment specs better then the started.

Yup, we charge a flat $200 for spring/strut installs on subies and $100 for the alignment.

The reason the shops charge so much is because the books for some reason show the spring installs at 6hrs and then the alignment on top of that.

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[Superhatch]

Do you have more pics of your setup? I read you had the STI springs, just wondering what they look like from a few different angles.