Speaking of vibrations.., and not the good kind Options

[Sinyk]

Whenever I get my car up to speed around 90-100 km/h, I get a really bad vibration back through the steering column and my steering wheel shakes like mad. I only started noticing this after I got my new rims and tires, so I assume it's related. Could I be in need of a wheel alignment? Wheel bearing? MY wheels were bigger than stock, can that have anything to do with it? It's rather annoying I must say. Help!

[jason]

un-balanced wheels should make some kind of vibration at like 60, from ive known, most shop balance them to be descent at low speeds and bad at high speeds, or vise versa, few around here take the time to be precise. with the brake issue... my car pulls a side when i slow to like 15-20, it doesnt pull at high speeds though, so ive always assumed it was imperfections, or a groove worn in the road along with having wider tires was my problem, is that a brake issue though because its not the same side each time and it doesnt do it everytime, never noticed if its the same intersection or not though, and if it were brake related, what would cause that, a bias to one side??

[Sinyk]

Well, I think I may take my car in and get them to check it out. It seems like the car drives straight when I let go (you should see the steering wheel shake when i let go at 100 with this vibration! scaaaary!)

I think it's quite possible that they may be unbalanced. I watched when the guy did them at the shop and he put the wheel on, spun it with the machine, put the weights on and then took them off without re-spinning them to see if they were OK. I think the shop will do it for free, they've been good to me so far.