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Richmond is only 1-1/2 hrs. or so depending upon traffic & such. I can get to Fredericksburg in a mere 3-3-1/2 hours, again depending upon traffic & such.

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So I was bored and decided to remove the front bumper cover to see if I could find a home for the WOLO Bad Boy 419 horn...

1st attempt seemed like an obvious winner until I did a test fit by putting the bumper cover back on & completely forgot about the turn signal:



2nd attempt was to try to make it sandwiched between the a/c condenser and lower grill of the bumper cover, but that was a definite no-go.

3rd attempt is shown here:




It's held firmly in place via ziptie at the moment, but I'm thinking there's got to be a way to attach some sort of bracket to either the battery box or DDM CAI box.

Thoughts?

 

Today is all about test fitting...I'll probably do the actual wiring sometime this week or next weekend.

 

4th attempt is further back into the engine bay:



5th attempt (pre-bumper test fit):



5th attempt (bumper fits!):

 

The 2nd attempt (no pics, though) had me remove the black lower grill from the aero kit so I could put the horn in place. The curvature of the lower grill needed at least another 1/2", plus I had the dilemma of trying to attach a bracket to the metal bumper thingy (technical, eh!) PLUS make sure the unit didn't get pushed back into the condenser. I may try it via ziptie (hubby is back from Canada, so now I have an extra pair of hands) before I put everything back together for the night.

 

You must be a majority shareholder or you really, REALLY love your Gorilla Tape! :lol:

 

So, after replying to Steve's post, I decided to revisit the 2nd Attempt...

Hubby was too busy unpacking from the trip, so it was me, myself & I again.

I used a LOT of zipties to find the perfect spot on the aerokit bumper and it was a SUCCESS!

The final installation will most likely require the use of black piano wire or black spiderwire because the vertical appearance of the black zipties is too obvious due to the width of the zipties.

I'm going to see if I can locate a Stebel Deep Bass (or similar deep-toned) horn to compliment the Bad Boy.

My concern with installing the Bad Boy in the location of the passenger OEM horn is that the sound would be instantly directed against a solid surface a mere 1" or so from the horn and would result in a muffled sound and/or sound redirection back into the engine back.

Installing the horn(s) against the lower grill of the aerokit bumper will allow the sound to be directly forward to open air.

Of course, it also means that rain & such may also pose a problem, so I'm going to probably use plastic glue to put some fine-mesh screening material over the horn openings to prevent/reduce debris buildup.

The mounting piece extends almost 1" from the back of the horn and there's maybe 3/8" space between the mount & the a/c condenser, so I'm going to see if I can use a grinding wheel or cutting torch to remove the mounting piece.

After that, the chrome pieces will need to be painted matte black so the horn isn't quite as noticeable through the lower bumper grill.

In the meantime, I need to figure out how to do the wiring.

I bought 12' of 12g red & 12g black wire, along with 12g female disconnects and a 30amp add-a-circuit which came with 12g yellow wire.

Now to find the OEM horn relay so that I can tap into it since I'm going to keep the OEM horns until they completely die.

I'm guessing that the wiring will be no more than 5' in length; do I need to be concerned with a voltage drop?

Hopefully it will all come together by next weekend...

 

The mounting piece is a 3-sided bracket, so when I do the oil changes, all I would need to do is move it up & off the bolt...plus, since the horn has quick connects on the bottom, I can very easily disconnect the wiring and move the entire horn out of the way.

I'm going to do a live test-fit in each of the locations to see which is loudest vs. most muffled and then go from there.

 

Awesome link! I've added it to my bookmarks. I=V/R Baby!

 

Can another pair of eyes look this over?

http://www.wolo-mfg.com/419%20english.pdf

I'm installing the Bad Boy so that it works in conjunction with the OEM horns.

Not even sure what the next (first!) step would be for the wiring aspect of this little project.

I want to install a 2nd Bad Boy horn, so what will I need to do?

 

Yes...unless that's not a good idea.

 

I know how to solder, but I just realized that my friend never returned my soldering set, so now I get to buy a new set. Yay! :mad2:

I really don't want to cut the OEM connectors, so I guess I will need to use a quick-splice.

Thanks for the info.

 

Thanks...

 

I guess I'll take another look at the Bentley and see if I can locate the OEM Horn Relay...I recall seeing it in the Bentley previously when I was looking for something else and if memory serves me correctly, it's a square relay, too.

So...if that's the case, shouldn't I be able to simply splice into the OEM Horn Relay so the signal gets sent to the Bad Boy to go beep? Then I could just run a new hot wire to the battery/fuse box and ground the other wire?