Question:

bad or damaged wheel bearings?

At speeds above 60km/h (37ish miles/h) my car starts to vibrate and it sounds like my tires are squealing, but when i am turning right vibration disappears and also the sound of the squealing, however when turning left it gets worst then going straight.This happened after i hit a curve and i got both steering and wheel alignment check. Also i installed another set of rims and the symptoms are same.

Answer:

It could be a number of things but I would guess the wheelbearings, or at least one is bad. It could also be a bent tie rod, shot ball joints... Most wheelbearings tend to make noise as speed increases...but not in ALL cases. I'd take it in for a front end inspection and go from there.
Right side bearing is strong possibility. Your right turns unload the right side wheels and the noise decreases. Your left turns load the right side wheels and noise increases. By the way your observation is the standard old school test for bearings that was done by swerving L. and R. at about 45 mph. That, and having Leroy ride in the back seat with the window down to help decide if it is front or back. If it is a bearing problem, just do the bad wheel or wheels and don't get talked into any additional bearings. The good ones could easily go another 150k. Sorry you wasted a bunch of bucks. Alignment folks usually don't touch cars with bad bearings or tires. Don't know what went on there.

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