jersey_emt
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Anyone else thinking of replacing the sickly horn we got in our MSP's? I mean, with a car that looks this good, I'm embarassed with the puny Roadrunner horn under the hood.
That PATHETIC little horn!!
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CruzinAltitude
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I havent given that a thought with my MP5, but I will have to second the fact that the horn we have is weak as s***. I have gotten laughed at by my friends because the horn was so girly. I'll have to check back on this and see what you come up with.
CruzinAltitude
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He makes a very good point!
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- 92 & 16 Meyatas
i was thinking about the whimpy horn this morning...how about the caddy horn...it's pretty loud?
drumsbeloud
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i couldn't agree more! i'm embarassed to honk my horn. i'm planning on getting a ford contour/mercury mystique horn from a junkyard and plugging it into my P5...it sounds waaaay better and it's compatible.
You can get a FIAMM 'Freeway Blaster' horn at most car parts stores. They're about $10 and make a nice honk instead of a meager beep. You can get one or 2, they come in high or low tone... but, both are fairly 'bright' and have an attention getting high note.
Also, they come with some mounting hardware.
Also, they come with some mounting hardware.
AGREED! and FIXED!!!
I used the Fiamm 130db horns, one high and one low. Don't use the horn-shaped cornucopia ones since they won't fit - get the disc-shaped ones that look like the one that's on there. I think they cost about $10-$12 each from Meijer's when I was in Michigan, but they're available at PepBoys and others for ~$25 the pair - probably less, I can't remember.
Using only one tone it'd bolt right up, but I had to rig up a quick harness to run 2 horns. I had to play with the bracketry a little but it bolts right up, looks decen, and is VERY LOUD.
Wiring: The OE horn connector is a single female spade connector on a short lead. Make a harness that looks like a "Y" with a male spade connector on the single lead, and two female connectors on the other leads. Make sure the leads are long enough to reach once the horns are bolted up (the OE connector is pretty short). Plug the male to the OE female, and use the other two females to plug to the horns. ZIptie the wires in place so they don't rub, using electrical tape or some other friction-reducing material between the wire and bracketry to prevent their eventual rubbing or shorting on the bracket/radiator in the 60++MPH wind/rain/salt/sand/bugs/snow/hail they'll be exposed to.
The horns ground through their mounting bolt, so you're set there. That's it! Doesn't sound very Euro, more generic, but very loud (and that's the point).
I'l take a pic when I get the car back from the dealer - they're working on the alarm (parking lights don't go off) and claim to not be able to replicate the hesitation (had to describe it to them over the phone... now they're test driving it again) or rear suspension clunk (they're in a noisy area and mine isn't that bad - yet). Yuck.
Hope this helps - and I agree the stock horn sounds, well, only slightly less loud and obnoxious than the goose-like BPV on lift-throttle...
I used the Fiamm 130db horns, one high and one low. Don't use the horn-shaped cornucopia ones since they won't fit - get the disc-shaped ones that look like the one that's on there. I think they cost about $10-$12 each from Meijer's when I was in Michigan, but they're available at PepBoys and others for ~$25 the pair - probably less, I can't remember.
Using only one tone it'd bolt right up, but I had to rig up a quick harness to run 2 horns. I had to play with the bracketry a little but it bolts right up, looks decen, and is VERY LOUD.
Wiring: The OE horn connector is a single female spade connector on a short lead. Make a harness that looks like a "Y" with a male spade connector on the single lead, and two female connectors on the other leads. Make sure the leads are long enough to reach once the horns are bolted up (the OE connector is pretty short). Plug the male to the OE female, and use the other two females to plug to the horns. ZIptie the wires in place so they don't rub, using electrical tape or some other friction-reducing material between the wire and bracketry to prevent their eventual rubbing or shorting on the bracket/radiator in the 60++MPH wind/rain/salt/sand/bugs/snow/hail they'll be exposed to.
The horns ground through their mounting bolt, so you're set there. That's it! Doesn't sound very Euro, more generic, but very loud (and that's the point).
I'l take a pic when I get the car back from the dealer - they're working on the alarm (parking lights don't go off) and claim to not be able to replicate the hesitation (had to describe it to them over the phone... now they're test driving it again) or rear suspension clunk (they're in a noisy area and mine isn't that bad - yet). Yuck.
Hope this helps - and I agree the stock horn sounds, well, only slightly less loud and obnoxious than the goose-like BPV on lift-throttle...
Crap, I'd already purchased the hightone FIAM horns with the "cornucopia" shape - it does fits but now I have to figure out how to position it so the sound is maximized... darnit...
Maybe I'll just get a set of airhorns... too many stupid drivers in NJ that are also deaf at the same time....
But ping, thanks for the info.
Maybe I'll just get a set of airhorns... too many stupid drivers in NJ that are also deaf at the same time....
But ping, thanks for the info.
ELEmental59437
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I believe Pirana has replaced his horn with one out of a laborghini (or some other italian car I think) and I have replaced mine with one of thoe highway blasters wired up with the stock one.
I'd like to switch the horn from my moms '01 626, its much more "moving" than the Protege horn.
I'd like to switch the horn from my moms '01 626, its much more "moving" than the Protege horn.
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- 2001 Mazda MP3
some dude got one of those freakin rediculous super loud truck horns, it scarred the s*** ouuta me, then i tried to find out who had it, turned around and see this chevy astro with 2 horns mounted on his roof! (lol)
