Changing strut rods

I rebuilt the suspension last summer, everything new(PST). The tire placement doesn't concern me as much as the ride quality/handling doesn't seem to be as good as it was before. I am going to call around and try and find a shop to realign it, then have new tires put on. That may sound backwards, but when I had the last tires put on, they did the tires, then the alignment and found the idler arm was bad(discontinued part even back then)so drove it home (40 miles). I ended up ordering a idler arm from Kanter and drove it back to the shop for alignment and they had a fit cause the tires were already showing wear.