Hi Well, if I had two new tires and two half-worn tires I would put the new ones on the front coz they are the ones doing the steering, and if you have a front-wheel-drive (which is almost everything these days) it's where the drive hits the road. In the old days there used to be two types of tire where this sort of question was much more relevant. There used to be Crossply tires, and there were the "new" Radials. Crossplys are long gone now unless you are looking to restore a 1947 Ford to original equipment, but for a time while both were available if you mixed crossplys and radials on the same axle you would end up in a ditch pretty quick.
The new tires should be placed on the rear axle to lessen the risk of hydroplaning.
front tires straight back rear tires crossed to the front
Trade the rear tires to the front and the front tires to the rear. Every other time you do it, trade the right front tire to the left rear and right rear to left front
The powered tires. On a front wheel drive car, the front wheels. On rear wheel drive, the rear wheels.
My van has bad tires at front and better ones at rear, should wheel alignment be performed with bad tires?
DIRECTIONAL tires stay on the same side of the vehicle Front to rear , rear to front
The best two tires should always be mounted on the rear of the vehicle.
Rear
On the front tires.
On the front tires.
You cannot rotate tires on a vehicle when the rear tires are wider than the front. They must stay where they are,
2WD: on the front tires 4WD: on the front and rear tires but Honda Pilot 4WD is not a full 4WD therefore no need to put chains in rear tires unless you're manual engage 4WD.