I recently swapped out the UCA's on my Integra, from OEM to Skunk2's. I got the car aligned a couple weeks after. Everything felt fine, until I started driving in the 80+mph range. Once you hit 80, you'll begin to feel a mild vibration. Then at 90 and up, the vibration becomes violent, causing the wheels to hop or something. You'll hear the tires as if they were looking for traction.

Off hand, my guess is the tires are unbalanced. ANyone have similar experiences or maybe a second opinion based on my info?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EnjoyTheRideDC2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Off hand, my guess is the tires are unbalanced. ANyone have similar experiences or maybe a second opinion based on my info?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I would make the same guess as yours.

Any chance you (or a friend) have another set of wheels/tires known to be good, that you could swap onto your car to see whether the vibration is in the car or in the wheels/tires?

 

maybe i'll just pick up some 15's and throw it on my blackies...thanks for the reply nsxtasy. Always counting on you for an answer to my tire/wheel questions.

 

i would guess either bent wheel, unbalanced and/or misrounded tire, or if they are aftermarket rims then look into hubcentric rings.

 

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They are 16" aftermarket wheels, with hubcentric rings for an integra bore.

Unbalanced and/or misrounded tire - that looks like the culprit at this point. thanks.