Since my slips got jacked off my car, i bought some acura integra 14" steelies with 195/60/14 bridgestone potenza g009's on them.

Since i put them on, I can hear this rotating sound of the tires. Or at least i think it is the tires because when its in netural and im driving, i can still hear the sound. Its not really loud, but its still bothering me

When i installed the steelies, the tires and steelies all looked to be in good condition. Perhaps the fact that the thieves let my pasanger front side sit on the pavement could be the problem?

Or maybe it is just tire noise..

 

I would say that tire noise or improper wheel balancing, would be the cause of your issues.

 

It could be a lot of things. It's possible that the wheels or tires are rubbing (or just touching) somewhere. Matt mentioned improper balancing; it's possible that the wheel weights are rubbing. It's possible that the brakes are worn, and either you didn't notice the noise until the swap, or it just started now by coincidence.

 

I dont think that it would rub, im not that low. I am pretty sure that this noise wasn't occuring until the "new" wheel setup.

The noise gets "faster" the faster i go.

 

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Then something rotating is touching something that's not rotating.

It's still possible that it's wheel weights (if you have the tape-on weights on the inside of the wheel), or brakes (if the squeaker tab is starting to come into contact with the rotors).

I'd (a) try to isolate the noise to a specific corner of the car - drive slowly with the windows open to do this - and then (b) jack up that corner, remove that wheel, and look for any signs of rubbing (on the wheels, tires, and around the suspension and wheel wells) as well as checking the thickness of the brake pads. (When things rub against each other, they leave marks, remove dirt, etc.) This is easy to do as a first step.

 

There's a lot of variables that come into play. It's hard to figure it out just going off what you're telling us.

The more information the better.