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Don't forget to jack the front end up and check all joints are free moving, a seizing ball joint can give some unpleasant handling, also seeing as its a Honda (most Japanese cars suffer) make sure the brakes are free moving with nothing sticking whilst there.
If the tyres have worn unevenly the car will feel strange on the steering and this may never change, might be worth a swap front to back if the rears have worn normally.
An interesting check for poor geometry, remember caster and camber differences also apply, is to drive along the road with one side of the car running on a solid white painted line, you can do this both sides with care, usually there's less grip on the paint so if the car wants to pull you off the line with any appreciable force it could indicate wheel geometry or joints need checking out.
Note if there is any suspension bush wear as speed increases the forces exerted on bushes mean they move more than designed for so a perfectly aligned car can become very misaligned (usually toeing out) at speed, this was an issue on cars as different as Ford Sierra and BMW 3 series, you can judge bush wear quite well by trying to move the car forward and backwards (park brake applied) by trying to rotate the front wheels, if the wheels show appreciable lateral movement inside the wheelarch then you have worn bushes.
Edited by gordonbennet on 27/10/2020 at 12:24
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