The inside of my tires are wearing out on my s2000 and I only have 13,500 miles on it. It's a 2007, does anyone know if this is standard since the car is low. If not let me know what you would recommend... Balancing? Alignment? Both?

 

Did you get an alignment after you lowered it?

 

A properly aligned Stock height S2000 will wear the inner edges of the front tires. They have since 00.

If you lowered your car and didn't realign it it will wear even faster than a stock height and aligned car.

 

your ap2 factory alignment calls for 1- 1.5 neg camber in rear so ya they will wear

 

Mine is wearing the inner shoulder of the front left tire faster than the inner shoulder of the right side tire. Car has 18000 miles on stock tires with 4 track days. Alignment is fine.

I blame counterclockwise running tracks.

 

it is "standard"

 

Here is my remedy for abnormal tire wear:

-Don't assume that your factory alignment will last long, if it was any good in the first place. Your suspension will settle after a few thousand miles, and alignment settings will change as a result.

-Get an alignment exactly to factory specs every time you buy new tires (they are listed in your owners manual). Don't assume that your previous settings are still good, even if the treadwear looked good on your old tires.

-Ask if you can sit in the driver's seat while they align your vehicle exactly to specs. If they won't let you, then try another shop. Some shops will have dummy weights they can use if you can't be there for the alignment too.

-Check your tire pressures often while tires are cold. Once/week is not too often, and anytime there is a major temperature change.

-Using more agressive alignment specs will cause abnormal tire wear, so you'll have to weigh the pros/cons of your decision.

 

Every s2k wears the inside of the fronts.

 

The S2000 calls for negative camber front and rear so inside tire wear is normal. Making things even worse is the need for a little negative toe in the rear to tame the inherent oversteer so rear inside wear is even more prevalent, although many owners burn the rears fast enough not to notice.

You can optimize tire wear with zero alignment all around but it does destroy handling making the car almost dangerous.

 

If it is the tires that came on the car when you bought them you got good life out of them considering you are at 13k. My MY01 with the stock S02 tires lasted about 10k and I didn't even beat on them.