I bought a used S2K with 19K miles and the inside of the front tires are worn more than the outside. IS this normal or do I need an alignment?

 

I can't answer your question but I can tell you that I've noticed the same thing with mine. I have a feeling that it's not an alignment problem, but rather something that occurs when we drive it somewhat aggressively.

 

I would have thought that the outside edge of the front tyres would be more subject to wear with aggressive driving. My front tyres are wearing quicker on the outside.

 

NAAAAAH!...That's just because you live South of the Equator...so everything's back'ards!

Honestly folks???...*Typically* with Honda-set camber, the front inside of our tires will wear more than the outside. The camber is set quite aggressively on our cars. As a result we end up with better traction in turns.

Lostsol...after a time, but while there is still *life* left in the inside area of your tread pattern on the fronts, I would suggest that you have the front tires removed from their respective wheels and swap the tires left to right across the front. Gotta picture it correctly in your mind...but if swapped off the rims you would place the inside worn area on a left tire (for instance) to be the worn area for the outside of the [now] right tire (after the swap). Extends the life of the tires. I got over 30K miles from my fronts that way...and although I don't track my car [yet]...I *do* tend to drive aggressively

Hope this info helps! Oh...and Muz...just kiddin' man!

- Dave

 

Try getting your alignment done. Ask them to use zero toe for the front. The cars comes with slight toe in from the factory. This is what causes them to wear sooner on a new car.

Flipping the tire on the rim and putting it on the other side helps too, but PITA.

 

I would strongly disagree with Asura. The reason being, nearly all cars have a small amount neg. toe, they do this be cause of TOOT. Toe Out On Turns. I remeber correctly, this is when you steer in a corner and the outside tire will toe out on the turn. To counter act that they instill a small amount of toe in.

As for the out side tire wear, I offer you this pice of info:

Most high performance street vehicles benefit from a slight amount of negative camber (about one half a degree) to make up for tire roll. This usually increases the vehicles cornering force, but it can increase inside tire wear.

 

The car should be aligned with zero front toe and some negative camber. A very small amount of inside wear on the front tires is normal, so at 19K miles it will be noticeable.