Thanks for the help guys, I really do appreciate it.
So when this first started happening, I got under the car with and without the weight of the car on the wheels and shook, pulled, and pried everything. Nothing really jumped out at me as super loose or a safety hazzard.
I did find that the right outter cv boot had a slight tear and the boot itself was slipping off the axle. The cheap autozone sway bushings had also hardened after a year so i replaced them along with the axle.
You can see the left axle inner boot in the photo above. I took off the axle yesterday and tried pushing the inner joint in and out. It did go in and out, but way too easily. It was like using a shake weight( those infomercial dumb bells that shake). I went and replaced that yesterday. Sound is still there today but less noticable. After putting the left wheel back on and tightening the lugs, i noticed play in the wheel. All around, 9 and 3 o' clock, and 12 and 6 o' clock. Sounds like a wheel bearing to me so that will need to be done as well.
Here's the shocker, after replacing the left axle, I was ready to throw in the towel. Last night I went to double check everything under the hood and to make sure there wasnt a rock somewhere that I missed before(thanks Nam1911a1). I saw something dark and round underneath the condenser. I looked closer and it looked like a round donut, it was the radius rod bushing!!
I pulled the coolant reservoir and and stuck my hand in the frame where the bushing goes and felt just the threaded shank of the radius rod! No bushing, plate, spacer, or nut!!
How the heck did this nut come off?!
I replaced the bushings on both sides not too long ago(3 months?) Everything was torqued to spec! I tried pulling on the radius rod before and there was absolutely no play.
Im going to get another bushing kit today and see if it resolves the issue...
to be continued