So I threw a set onto my '99 Camry. Took it for a quick spin and indeed, handles much better. I guess when I thought the struts might have been done after 50k, I was right: they certainly were after 90k. Steering wheel for some reason is a bit crooked now, which I found kinda surprising (on this car the tie rod goes to the steering knuckle, and I didn't touch the balljoint, didn't touch any alignment locations) but I guess that's just the way it goes with suspension parts.
Front of the car now sits about 1" higher, which is annoying but not shocking (buy cheap struts, get cheap results). What I'm wondering is, should I wait a bit for the alignment, maybe it will settle down a bit and impact the alignment? Tires are shot so and I have the replacement tires sitting in the garage, so no loss there. I would not expect ride height to affect alignment but... nothing is ever ideal, is it?
[I do have an alignment scheduled for next week, real question is, do I continue to the use the car in the meantime. Test drive didn't indicate much.]
Front of the car now sits about 1" higher, which is annoying but not shocking (buy cheap struts, get cheap results). What I'm wondering is, should I wait a bit for the alignment, maybe it will settle down a bit and impact the alignment? Tires are shot so and I have the replacement tires sitting in the garage, so no loss there. I would not expect ride height to affect alignment but... nothing is ever ideal, is it?
[I do have an alignment scheduled for next week, real question is, do I continue to the use the car in the meantime. Test drive didn't indicate much.]