Originally posted by nsxtasy:
Drive the car faster when you're going around corners.
Right, as usual, but perhaps not entirely helpful.
This is a much discussed issue and is covered in the FAQ and countless threads.
If you didn't get the car aligned after lowering it then you probably have way too much negative camber. If it is "correctly" aligned then you are simply experiencing the typical wear cause by factory recommended settings. Besides cornering harder, you can set camber closer to zero to make the wear pattern more uniform. With the car dropped one inch you probably can't achieve zero camber but may approach it. Many people will also bring up the toe. This can be adjusted between toe-out (as per original specs), zero, and toe-in regardless of lowering. However, I contend that toe will significantly impact total
rate of wear, but not the "pattern" of wear. That's the camber. The one extra variable here if you run true OEM tires is that they have built-in “scrub”, in on the fronts and out on the rears, which also influences rate of wear but provides the crisp feel for which the car is known.
Just keep in main that everything is a compromise. Acura decided to compromise tire wear to achieve a feel and balance that made the car famous. Any deviation from their recommended settings will shift that compromise away from the original spirit of the car. But it's your car and your compromise, so do more research then try what sounds good. You can always change it again.
