Tires wearing on one edge, cupping, or feathering are telling you exactly what's wrong with the alignment or suspension — reading the pattern turns your tires into a diagnostic tool.
Have the wear pattern read and an alignment check done before buying new tires — mounting fresh rubber on an unfixed cause just wears the new set the same way.
Your tires are the only part of your car that actually touches the road, and most people don't look at them until one goes flat. Four checks tell you whether you need new ones — all four are free, they take about two minutes, and one of them has nothing to do with how the tread looks. The penny test, the wear bars built into the tire, the date code on the sidewall that tells you how old the rubber is, and what your wear pattern says about the rest of the car.
Related services in Florida typically run $60–$200 depending on what the diagnosis finds:
| Front-end alignment | $60–$120 |
| Four-wheel alignment | $100–$200 |
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Fix the cause first or simultaneously; new tires on bad alignment start wearing wrong immediately.
Annually in pothole country, and after any significant impact or when uneven wear appears.
Rotation evens out wear going forward but can't restore worn tread — it's prevention, not repair.
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