thrust bushings replaced with HD Meyle align afterwards?

[omodos]

Hello all,clarifying title it was the front thrust rod bushings, got this done at the bmw dealer and the technician responsible told me to go get an alignment afterwards, yet most posts i read state that if alignment was fine before the change then you would not need an alignment done after just replacing split bushings with heavy duty meyle ones (solid inside)....not really sure what the facts are