My wifes car is a 98 protege and it is now making a popping when turning.. This resulted after the wife's cousin pulled the e-brake when she was pulling into a gravel driveway at a really slow speed. What is it?

 

Popping how? If it's a sort of metallic sound and correlated to turning, I suggest as a precaution you inspect the constant velocity joints in the front wheel drive train just for the sake of safety and minimizing repair costs. Look for split corrugated neoprene protective boots. I can't imagine though why pulling on the e-brake while turning on gravel would cause this unless of course it was about to happen anyway.

 

doesnt really remind me of a metal sound more like I thought maybe something from the wheelwell came loose but hadnt
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i kinda had a sound like that once but that was because 2 of the lug nuts on the wheel was loose. check your calipers control arm boots anything you can think of that has to do with turning the car. this might be a dumb question but it was a gravel driveway is it just a rock stuck in the tread?

 

Nope not a rock in tread sound..

 

when was the wheel rotated? i worked on a car once that the wheel wore unevenly and that was the problem