I had the front struts and mounts replaced on our Camry yesterday, after one of the strut mounts went bad. This is the first replacement in
130,000 miles.I had my regular mechanic do it, as he was much cheaper than a suspension place or the dealer. He charged about $800 (including the rear shocks and an ATF change that was due) and he told me I'd have to take it to be aligned somewhere else, since he doesn't do alignments. Then when I picked up the car he told me that the database (Alldata I presume) said that strut replacement on this vehicle did not affect the alignment, and that I didn't need to get an alignment. He had no reason to make up a story about this, but I thought strut replacement always required a front alignment, and that the cartridge replacement somehow inherently threw off the alignment.