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Originally Posted by ZX_man
While it seems the yield strength of 6061 aluminum is sufficient to withstand cornering loads in this application, the modulus of elasticity of the material is 68.9 compared to steel's 205 (gigapascals). An alumninum part will therefore deform three times as much as a steel part of the same geometry under the same load case. For a suspension component, this mean your allignment is going to change slightly under heavy cornering.
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You are waaaaaaaaaayyyyyy over-thinking this.
Heavy cornering is not enough load on the links to deform the parts enough to affect the alignment.