Installed a new Horn last night, what a pain... Fiamm Hwy Blaster

[Aadden]

Now that is a horn! Have fun with that bugger.

 

[enganear]

haha just got th4e horn at the auto parts store payed like 18 bucks and now it sounds like my nissan frontier (traded in). funniest part about it i packeged the original mazda hard in the box and returned it. kinda fukced up but w.e...(idhitit)

Reminder to self - Do not sell anything to, or purchase anything from FrancoNemo.
-enganear

 

[FrancoNemo]

Reminder to self - Do not sell anything to, or purchase anything from FrancoNemo.
-enganear

lmao hey that was their fault. i just got smart on em! plus 18 bucks for the same/similar sound....

 

[Kynetx]

I know a lot of people like the Hella Supertones, but I'm not a fan of the wussy "yur-peein" sound so I went with the Twin Tones. Good god, those things are ballsy. A lot cheaper to boot.

 

[SgtP]

I might just go to a junk yard and grab one off something there. The price is right!

 

[robin2660]

I might just go to a junk yard and grab one off something there. The price is right!

Like from a 1955 Chrysler. Sounds like a train!

 

[Nliiitend1]

I merely added a $15 low-tone generic electric horn from Autozone to the stock high-tone and it sounds great. There was even an existing unused bracket near the factory horn that has a nut welded on it that you can just screw the new horn into to install it. I then merely piggy-backed the wiring from the stock horn and grounded it to the unibody using the screw that mounts the stock horn's bracket to the unibody.

This was all a piece of cake with the front bumper removed, but I imagine it would be challenging to get at without taking the bumper off.

I'd post pics if I had some, but I didn't have a camera with me when I did it...

 

[Tagkat]

Hey guys, I am posting this to help the next guy that wants to change his horn. I don't need to tell you that the M3 Horn is weak...like my son's bicicle!
In any case, I bought a Fiann HWY blaster for aroun $30 and it sound so much better, in fact, sounds like Titan that I traded in for the Mazda 3 !
The thing is that I have to buy a cheap Jack and 2 small supports, one for each front wheel side, because you have to get under the car. Don't even bother to try to find the horn looking from the hood. You have to get under it.
Looking for it, I took off the big plastic cover first, but I did not need to. I should only have taken the one immediatly under the drives headlight. The screws to losen it go around the drives front wheel also. Get a flash light too! It is a tight spot.
It is a one wire installed horn. I thought I would leave the original horn there and just add the Fiann to it, but when I saw how short the little wire was and how much trouble would be to try to split it, I gave up... Took that peace of junk out, and just install the Fiann on its place, that buy the way, looks exactly like the one that come with the car.
Total cost:
1 jack( i will be using it for tire rotations now) $18, 2 support stands $15
and the horn $30(around that, can't remember exatly)
I hope this helps!
David

Did this just plug in or did you have to modify anything?

 

[FrancoNemo]

Did this just plug in or did you have to modify anything?

(rei)
unplug the sotck one plug the other one! same thing! they look exactly the same!

 

[2ManyCars]

I installed one of these last week. I honestly cannot tell much of a difference. Now it just sounds like a stock Chevy horn (probably is). It may be slightly louder but not worth the $20 and 10 minutes I spent on it. I'm going to the Nautilus at some point.

 

[enganear]

Stebel Nautilus Compact FTW!

139dB (at 4") gets the job done!
-enganear

 

[Tagkat]

How hard is that one to install?

 

[FrancoNemo]

I installed one of these last week. I honestly cannot tell much of a difference. Now it just sounds like a stock Chevy horn (probably is). It may be slightly louder but not worth the $20 and 10 minutes I spent on it. I'm going to the Nautilus at some point.

yea it sounds exactly the same as my bros Chevy equinox lmao

 

[FrancoNemo]

How hard is that one to install?

Step one: lift it up with ur jack or car ramps
Step two: take the three screws under the bumper (drivers side) out.
Step Three: move the black plastic oput of the way
Step Four: Look up and u'll see the horn
Step Five: Un-plug the black clip of the horn
Step Six: unscrew the stock horn of the mount
Step Seven: screw the new horn into the stock mount.
Step Eight: plug in the black clip
Step Nine: Try the new horn (horn will no work if not screwd bc by screwing it it give it a ground)
Step ten: to steps 3-1 again. and done!!!!
(guitar)

good enough?

 

[Rotus8]

Step one: lift it up with ur jack or car ramps
Step two: take the three screws under the bumper (drivers side) out.
Step Three: move the black plastic oput of the way
Step Four: Look up and u'll see the horn
Step Five: Un-plug the black clip of the horn
Step Six: unscrew the stock horn of the mount
Step Seven: screw the new horn into the stock mount.
Step Eight: plug in the black clip
Step Nine: Try the new horn (horn will no work if not screwd bc by screwing it it give it a ground)
Step ten: to steps 3-1 again. and done!!!!
(guitar)

good enough?

The Nautalus is a bit more difficult if you want to do it right. It draws enough current that it should have a relay. On mine, I picked up the power as shown in the picture.

 

[mx-p5]

Seen 'em... like the guy that comes up on unsuspecting pedestrians and blow 'em away w/his train horns.
I don't know, but that seems awfully juvenile to me.

My wife and I actually got hit by those guys last weekend outside the movie theater. A guy had a train horn setup in his explorer and after the movie let out, he rolled by slow and blasted em and scared the crap out of everyone.

Funniest part is he didn't see the cop parked 2 cars in the row.

Horn blasted, he laughed, we screamed, police lights flipped on, guy got ticket.

End threadjack

 

[Ferdball]

I merely added a $15 low-tone generic electric horn from Autozone to the stock high-tone and it sounds great.

Ditto.

 

[FrancoNemo]

The Nautalus is a bit more difficult if you want to do it right. It draws enough current that it should have a relay. On mine, I picked up the power as shown in the picture.

noooo man im too lazy lol i didnt do all that!

 

[enganear]

The Nautalus is a bit more difficult if you want to do it right. It draws enough current that it should have a relay. On mine, I picked up the power as shown in the picture.

I installed mine directly, no relay. 18amps is the starting current and a DC motor amp draw drops rapidly as it speeds up because of the back EMF. The 15 Amp fuse handles it easily and you do not have the delay associated with the switching of the relay, a safety concern for me. At speed, you can cover a lot of distance in the 0.1 second or so required to bring the compressor up to speed and make some noise.
-enganear

 

[icspots]

^^ Did you replace the existing horn with a single Freeway Blaster or did you add it in with the OE so you have two?