Let’s face it, you have absolutely no idea how straight 75% of the LCA’s are. Or any idea if the OP’s car will align ok. Because really, with stock parts there’s already barely enough adjustment to put a decent alignment on these cars to begin with. Let alone compensate for a bent LCA. And that’s even before we think about why the arm is bent or if there are other problems with it, they’re assembled arms with rivets, they can wear out.
He’s identified a problem, the car is apart, now is by far the best time to deal with it. Unless you really like wasting time and money, because that’s what’ll happen. He’ll reassemble the entire front end, pay for an alignment, get alignment results that are less than great (at best), and then have to pull everything apart again, fix the issue he already knew about, and pay for another alignment.
