I went in to have a tie rod end replaced yesterday morning and the mechanic told me that to align the front end properly, he'd have to cut some rivets up on the top of the fender in the engine compartment around the big bolt that holds the strut/spring assembly to the chassis. I declined and told him to do what he can without cutting those. Frankly, it sounded odd to me when he said they're built at the factory that way -- to have to cut the rivets to align it. Funny. The car had 98,000 miles on it when I got it and it had never been aligned? And nobody else who aligned it has ever told me that.
Anyway.... what's the story here?
Damaeus