inspection fee? Ridiculous! I've never been charged such thing and

I've gone for many alignments that ended up in "Sorry we can't do it because this and this must be fixed first."

I think even Midas and Crappy Tire don't charge such fees.. (unless things changed since I've last been to them)

grab a manual and find some time. tie rods are easy, Balljoints have to pressed in(on 1G anyway, dont know about 2g) so you have to find somebody with a GOOD press or they'll mess up your control arm like they did mine.