It's hard to explain what it sounds like, but I'll do my best....
This sound kinda reminds me of a tire with a big nail in it, or better yet a screw with a large head as it's hitting the pavement. It's coming from the right front side of the car. It can be heard once per wheel rotation.
I took the wheel off, examined the tire (about a couple of weeks old) and found nothing. Clean as a bean.
I made sure that nothing is rubbing, I also checked the axle and pretty much everything else on that side of the car. Everything seems to be ok. Car runs fine, alignment is fine, brakes are fine, but the noise is there.

As a kid, I used to attach a piece of a plastic cup to the front fork of my bike and it would make this cool flapping sound as the wheel hit it. Weird, i know.
But it was a cool thing to do back then, and if you've done it then you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. It sounds just like that!

I'm running out of things to inspect, and I just can't figure out what it is... It's very annoying to say the least...

Any input will be appreciated.

 

balanced?

 

is the wheel rubbing against anything...how about the brake rotors??

 

is there a wobble? Did you check your wheel bearings?

 

I've had a similar problem, but it was on my driver side. It turned out to be the wheel bearing, which costs about $250 to fix at Honda. If it is the wheel bearing then you should fix it asap because its dangerous....basically your wheel will start wobbling and could possibly fall off if left unfixed.

 

Wow! I have this exact same problem...

Its like a ticking/tapping sound as you go around a corner - in particular roundabouts.

Mine is also from the right front...

 

CV joint, wheel bearing, ball joint, brakes/rotors are all things I would look at.

 

Shounds like a wheel bearing to me sir....jack up tha corner and try to jiggle the wheel around laterally and vertically without having the steering wheel move at all.....if it jiggles more than just a tiny bit, that is a bad wheel bearing, which could be binding and making that sound....

Also, check out the abs sensor, make sure there is nothing caught in there....

 

Balanced - yes (a couple of weeks ago)
Wobble - none
Rubbing - none
CV joints - good
brakes/rotors - good

I did check the wheel bearing and it seems to be fine.
Like I said, I checked everything on that side. I'm clueless. Now I'm thinking about having the tire inspected. Maybe it's a factory defect... That noise did start at about the same time I put my new wheels/tires on, or a couple of days later. I really can't think of anything else to check, so keep them suggestions coming

 

The belt in the tire could be shifted, which makes a noise much like I believe you are describing....that can happen either as a factory defect or after slamming a pothole or something like that...

 

Switch tires and see if noise follows that one.

 

^^great idea

 

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CV joint is more of a knocking sound almost, you'll definitely notice when they go bad because its LOUD.

Have the tires checked out, I assumed you at least looked at the tie rod end?

 

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That's my last guess... I checked everything I could possibly think of, and then some...

I'll switch the tires around to see what happens.

Thanks guys

 

one last thing to look at. It could be the splash guard under the fender catching the tire and kind of clicking. But thats only if your dropped.