Squeaking from outside.

[trcsbrian]

Ok guys, I was just doing my usual grocery getting today and I had the windows down and as soon as i started driving I heard a lot of squeaks coming from outside. Then I come to realize that its my car and it sounds like its coming from my tires or somewhere in that area. Because theres a lot of damage to the roads of NYC, i was continuously hitting bumps and there was a lot of squeak. Gradually the squeaks became less and less heard to the point where there weren't any more squeaks. For some reason i thought it could be the brakes so when i hit the light, I let my car roll and braked really hard and it would squeak too, but then I figured its most likely not the brakes since the car would make noise in motion. But like I said, it stopped making that noise towards the end of my trip. What do you think it could be? I think its that I need a replacement of front tires. I figure that as the tires began heating up, there was less noise. And also i do recall my mechanic that my tires had tread left but they're old and they're beginning to get bumps or something like an old balloon thats getting inflated more on one side than the other.

Sorry for the long post, but i tried to describe it as much as I could. Any ideas?

[NAiL05]

First things I would check are your bushings and crap. Then I would go look at your pads. My squeaking was coming from the rear and low and behold my rear pad was down to metal. Replaced it and my squeaking went away. Now that I have another squeaking problem its prob one of my bushings gone since my car is low.

[Ralphie]

Yea nails got it...

Most obvious would be your pads...they have sensors in them that squeak to let you know when they need to be replaced.

Not so obvious would be ball joints, bushings....stuff that is tucked away.

Check out your susp and wheels and see if anything needs replacing.

[Losiracer2]

it could possibly be hubcabs that aren't tightened enough. So check your lugnuts and make sure they are all tight. Cause when that cap gets loose, it could sometimes make a squeaking noise. Yeah and if you dont have hubcaps, then check your swaybar endlinks that was mentioned above, the rubber in them kinda deteriorates after awhile, giving a metal on metal contact that could possibly make that noise. I remember mine made a rattling noise for the longest time and that was it...back when i didn't know shit about cars, hehe. And this is a wierd theory, but check your CV joints, they could be squeaking if there isn't any grease in them. hope that helps doode!

[trcsbrian]

Can it really be the brake pads? Because it would squeak when i'd be in motion as well, not only when I would brake.

**edit**

Also like i said earlier, the squeaking stopped by the end of my trip. It only squeaked in the beginning which is why I thought the tires would be the culprit, being that they needed to be heated up.

[trcsbrian]

bump.. come on guys, i need more to go on than this...

could it be my wheel bearings that have gotten worse? I know my bearings are bad and they've been squeaking but they've been more like hums. Now my tires are squeaking, could it be that the bearings got worse?

[NAiL05]

Squeaking happened on low speeds and turns when my rears were out.

[trcsbrian]

so you figure its the brake pads and not my bushings getting worse?