I've noticed a noise in my 96 accord thats hard to explain. It's almost like my old chevy used to sound with 35" tires on it, you really heard the tires on the pavment. It's similar to that sound, but somewhat different. You start to notice it around 60kph and up. When you go over small waves in the road where the suspension travels a bit at higher speed you can hear the noise come louder, and then more quiet....almost the kind of noise as if somthing was rubbing on the tire as it went around. I've checked everything, and nothing is rubbing or making any contact with the tires or moving parts. I checked the wheel bearings and found one bad in the rear left, which i've replaced. Sence then the noise has not gone away. The only thing I can figure is sence my car is lowered and I do not have a camber kit on it, the camber is a little off and the inside of the tires wear a little more then the rest of the tire, but it's really not bad at all. It's a hard noise to explain unless you've heard it yourself...but any ideas?

 

i had a large truck before so i know that noise.

might be scalloped (or "cupped" or "dipped") tires, check for uneven treadwear. scalloped tires will sound like big mudder tires off of a truck.

these can result from several causes but most common is out-of-balance tires

check for this wear on any tires and have them checked/balanced:

 

my tires are worn on the inside edge like that, but like I said it's because my camber is off due to lowering.

 

bad camber could be another cause

the scalloping is only going to get worse over time if the problem isn't fixed, but rebalancing the tires can help slow the damage.

you really should fix the camber or any tires you have will eventually go bald on the inside edge

(the site i found that picture on said that scallops are easier to feel than see. especially on a newer set of tires, the dips might be hard to see but very obvious if you rub your hand along the tread)


Modified by blue01EX at 4:48 PM 5/25/2007

 

Im not sure if its in the tires or not. Its only real noticable around 40-90kph and its defently only on the passenger side.

 

Sounds like a bad wheel bearing to me. Jack the car up and see if there's any play in the wheel, if so your wheel bearing might need to be replaced. Check all 4 wheels.

 

could also be that one of your wheels is bent somewhere in the inside which causes it to not balance and thefore it messes with your wheel bearing. I dunno im just thinking about a possiblity for you

 

Like I said, i've checked all 4, and I replaced the rear passenger side because it had a little bit of play.