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Bill in Houston 06-12-2007 08:20 AM

If you have a junkyard near you try to find one for an Accord or Odyssey. OR you can just order one from Majestic Honda for about 28 bucks.

Matt Timion 06-12-2007 08:41 AM

Your horn sucks? That's your first problem.

Horns are supposed to blow.

atomicradish 06-12-2007 09:24 AM

The Metro could use a new horn. It sounds like a clown car.

VetteOwner 06-12-2007 09:57 AM

do you guys have a ahrbor freight near you? if you do they have some pretty cheap airhorns/regular electronic horns i think thier like 130 somehitng db

psyshack 06-12-2007 10:56 AM

Just go to your parts store and get a low and high tone horns and wire them in. I put a low tone on my 06 civic soon as I got it home.

GasSavers_DaX 06-12-2007 11:22 AM

I REALLY would love to put a train horn on my car like in that youtube video. They're just so damn expensive.

rh77 06-12-2007 12:19 PM

Old siren/horn
 
If you can find an old electronic police or fire siren -- they almost always come with a "Horn" feature (watch the show COPS or listen the next time a similar vehicle passes and you'll hear what I mean).

I had one wired into the horn button when I ran volunteer Fire/EMS. Basically it consisted of a control unit (including a knob for selecting different siren tones), wiring (you could setup an easy push-button, or wire up a horn switch relay if the unit is equipped), and a speaker (I used a 100-Watt variety with a large bell housing). It's been a while, but I bet the old stuff can go pretty cheap on eBay. Of course, you'd have to disable the sirens or expect some trouble. :rolleyes:

As far as effectiveness, it was loud and different enough to get the attention you needed. Not sure about the laws of its use in CA.

RH77

CoyoteX 06-12-2007 09:13 PM

my air horns I got for $59 from https://stores.ebay.com/Siege-Engineering-Equipment they were called hammer3

I used an old aluminum fire extinguisher for the air tank and a heavy duty truck tire pump from harbor freight for $39 on sale. I used a few fittings and hoses from the hardware store to tie it all together with a 150psi pressure regulator from the same hardware store.

I have less than $150 total in it. I used a smaller sized fire extinguisher tank that fit in the front bumper and is very quick to fill up from empty so the compressor doesn't stay on for long. It is a pretty nice setup and nobody can ever say they don't hear my horn anymore :D

GasSavers_DaX 06-13-2007 04:17 AM

Coyote X - the sound clip for the Hammer 4 is amazing! Would you say yours sounds like a train? With that size tank, how long can you sustain the horn?

DRW 06-13-2007 11:52 AM

My stock horns took a crap on me, couldn't make a peep. So I got a couple of horns from JC Whitney (jcwhitney.com). They have a good selection. I settled on one 130db hi tone and one 130db low tone, part #'s MR710714 and MR710716 for $14 each. The two different tones compliment each other well, and it's much louder than stock. They also fit like stock and are easy to wire in. They also list a 140db horn, train horn, ocean liner horn, air horns, and novelty horns!


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