Honda Civic Owner's Manual page 414

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Tyre Maintenance
In addition to proper inflation,
correct wheel alignment helps to
decrease tyre wear. If you find a tyre
is worn unevenly, have your dealer
check the wheel alignment.
Have your dealer check the tyres if
you feel a consistent vibration while
driving. A tyre should always be
rebalanced if it is removed from the
wheel. When you have new tyres
installed, make sure they are
balanced. This increases riding
comfort and tyre life. For best
results, have the installer perform a
dynamic balance.
For vehicles equipped with aluminium
wheels:
Improper wheel weights can damage
your vehicle's aluminium wheels.
Use only genuine Honda wheel
weights for balancing.
Tyre Rotation
Front
(For non-directional (For directional
tyres and wheels) tyres and wheels)
To help increase tyre life and
distribute wear more evenly, rotate
the tyres every 10,000 km (6,250
miles). Move the tyres to the
positions shown in the charts each
time they are rotated. The above
illustration shows how the tyres
should be rotated on the vehicles
equipped with a compact spare tyre
or when the normal spare tyre is not
included in the tyre rotation.
Tyres
If you purchase directional tyres,
rotate only front-to-back.
When the tyres are rotated, make
sure the air pressures are checked.
Refer to the illustrations in the next
column when the normal spare tyre
is also rotated.
On vehicles with directional tyres
If the tyres that came on your
vehicle are directional tyres, they
should be rotated only front-to-back.
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