Alignment after suspension replacement

[Howard-]

Simple question really; Once I've fitted the new shocks/springs etc, should I take it to WIM to have it all set up properly straight afterward or wait a bit for the suspension to "settle"?

Cheers

[Chris71]

I'd give it a week or two to settle.

Had my car (admittedly not a '5, but vaguely similar...) done recently and it settled after the guy thought it was stable and then had to be redone.

[Munter]

I had mine done immediately. Mainly because I was steering at ~10 degrees to the right. Reading this it might be worth having it checked again now that it's been a few weeks.

[Howard-]

I think I'll give it a week or two then after I've fitted them, unless it drives like some sort of hermit crab