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Oh Oh.... I see a set of air tank train horns in your future.

 

She is going to it the horns and the car will move backwards. :lol:

Jim

 

You can hear yours???:lol:

Mark

 

Their red, they must be louder:cornut:

Mark

 

The red adds loudness & 10 HP. Thanks Steve I may buy a set of those so both the honkers work.

Did you pull the bumper cover off to fit those? Looks like that might be the easiest way to get to them.

 

I like my Italian Air Horn I got here.

Red, Compact Italian Air Horns - Griot's Garage

I can't say I ever heard the Hellas so I can't compare. This horn reminds me of a Ferrari horn. I used a supplied relay and folks have mounted them in the ABS section of the hood.

No horn sounds as good as that Italian toot in my mind, but that is just me.

 

Sell them to me....please

 

The Hellyeah horns would be considered more of a European sounding horn. More high pitched attention getting to cut through traffic noise.

One thing I'm not necessarily comfortable with is to simply plug in the horns to the OEM wiring. One thing needs to be compared are the amp draw for the two sets. I suspect the Hella draw more current than the OEM. Then a OEM wire size needs to be verified to determine the amps they can handle. It's possible to run the Hella on undersized wiring, you just won't get the full benefit.
If the wires are undersized it's simple to connect a new relay activated by to OEM horn wires, you would just need to run one new fused 12 volt wire of a heavier gauge to power the higher amperage horns.

But of course this needs to be verified first.

 

Getcha one of these.....

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For us folk who don't facebook your pictures not there....

 

I think the zipties are pretty good. For a touch of elegance try some of my favorite tape. :smilewinkgrin:

 

In your first picture that looks good. Except I think locating it there will complicate oil changed. The filter is right under there.

The 5th place looks like it will work best. HONK HONK !!!

 

It's so nice to have "wrenching babes" on the forum... You go Erica....

 

Here's a handy "fill in the blank" calculator.

http://www.gtsparkplugs.com/WireSizeCalc.html

 

Point them horns backwards for a jet at take off effect....

 

Erika, you are not getting any answers, but you are getting views. I think I know why. The diagram is either pretty clear or not depending on experience. If you are asking, folks are afraid to get you going on the project since it seems the skills you will need are on the job training.

You should use diagram B. Find the positive at one of the horns and use that for the trigger @85. I'm not trying to make you mad, but if that info doesn't' help, probably best to just find someone to do it with you. It isn't rocket science, but there is some science involved and once you see it done, you can do it too.

Some wire, wire ends, a crimper, zip ties, shrink wrap and you are good to go *I always solder any wires under the hood, but it isn't necessary. The diagram will show you how the wires terminate, but you have to route them and make it fit to your liking.

Hope this helps.

 

The oem wires are of such a small gauge that using a splice is going to be hard to do. The brown wire to the horn is the ground side....

Not wanting to cut into the wiring is the reason Metalman now owns my Hella's.