hey have you guys noticed that the newer the cars get from mazda the pussier the horns get? i thought my p5's horn was bad, but my boy just got the new Mazda3, and it sounds like a guy gettin his nuts crushed! whats the deal? is there a way to make it sound more fierce?
How do we make our Horns sound tougher
- Thread starter snooky
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Stage 1 - Rip the ****** out
Stage 2 - Install an airhorn
Stake 3 - ??????
Stage 4 - Profit
Stage 2 - Install an airhorn
Stake 3 - ??????
Stage 4 - Profit
SenorCorwin said:
I had a miata for a while. I got some cool horns from harbor freight, they were high pitched but dual tone, sounded like an italian sports car. I wired the compressor straight to the stock horn power, but that was a bad idea. Making air for the duals drew more power than the stock horn (duh) so it would eventually blow the fuse. Funny thing was, I think the horn was on the same circuit as the brake lights, so if you jammed on the brakes and hit the horn at the same time (who me? never!) then the fuse would smoke in about 2 seconds... no horn, no brake lights. wee-yow.
Anyway, I think you could work around that by wiring power straight from the battery, and using the stock horn power to trip a relay. *I think*. I'm not an electrical guy (obviously).
Anyway, I checked harbor freight, the dual air horns only 14 bucks!
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=40135
cheers ~ (a)
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
air horns can be had a multitude of varieties, tones and sizes for cheap at Pep Boys
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Are they plug 'n play?Captain KRM P5 said:
ok guys i went over to my shop and picked up an air horn that not only is louder and tougher sounding, but it has extra sounds, police siren... I hoooked it up to my switch board. Its soooo much fun scarin the sh!t outta old ladys, and ass-holes who dont no how to drive! hehehehehehe
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snooky said:
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
define plug and play...whitemp5seattle said:
they are plug and play in that you remove the stock horn, wire up the new horn kit as described and find a good spot to mount said horn. its really not a bad job at all.
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I meant there isn't any work that's TOO extensive and there aren't any extra parts (other than the horn duh) that's needed. Basically you pull out your old horn and stick in the new one. Seems like an easy enough job...maybe I'll put this on my list of mods...Captain KRM P5 said: