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If I were to find an air compressor tank that would fit in the space under the passenger-side cowl vent, would there be any danger to installing it there and actually installing real air horns down the road?

Is there a risk to installing an air compressor in the boot?

 

Duly noted.

 

Ok...today is T-H-E day...do or die trying!

Starting with the #86 male on the relay, I will use a female disconnect to attach approx. 4" of red 12g wire to the #86 terminal on the relay.

The other end of the 4" wire will go into a butt connector which will also include one side of the 20-amp add-a-fuse. The other end of the butt connector will be approx 4" of red 12g wire which will then be attached via female disconnect to the #30 male on the relay.

I will be using a ring terminal to connect the other side of the 20-amp add-a-fuse to the battery. ***If there's a better method, please let me know.***

I will be using red 12g wire via a female disconnect to attach the (+) on the Bad Boy to the #87 male on the relay.

I will be using black #12 wire via a female disconnect to attach the (-) on the Bad Boy and then use a ring terminal to attach it to a ground point in the engine bay.

This leaves the #85 terminal on the relay which is for the horn button relay if I were installing a separate horn button for the Bad Boy (which I'm not).

So...if this is all proper & correct, I'm still confused by how I will be attaching the setup so that the Bad Boy will be activated when I push the horn on the steering wheel.

The OEM horns are not being removed at this time; the Bad Boy is supplementing the OEM horns.

 

Does that mean my plans as outlined are correct?

I'm still confused as to how the Bad Boy is going to "work" if it's not linked to the OEM Horn relay somehow...

 

I'm about ready to give up on this damned project.

Earlier in the thread I was told to NOT use quick-splices to connect the OEM wiring to the new wiring...so how in the heck am I supposed to do as you suggest?

I'm hot, tired & cranky and a sudden thunderstorm has just rolled in...so please bear with me.

In my head I visualize cutting the OEM wiring and then installing a butt connector to each wire coming from the harness and then having the other other end of the butt connector holding two wires: 1 to the OEM connector and 1 to the Bad Boy.

 

I'd love to make a run up to Ohio, but I'm in the Norfolk area of Virginia.

Now, if it were during Labor Day weekend, that'd be a different story because I have a 4-day weekend and wouldn't be spending all weekend on the road.

Have you installed your Hellas?

 

I have everything else ready except for anything dealing with the OEM horn wiring.

What is the best way to tap into the OEM horn wiring so that I can make the connection to the Bad Boy relay?

1 wire in + butt connector = 2 wires out with 1 of those wires butt connected to the oem plug for the oem horn

Please tell me I'm getting closer...

 

Ok...so there's no avoiding cutting the OEM wiring?

The OEM wiring is so thin compared to the 12g that I'm using...won't there be an issue with connecting the two different wire gauges?

If no issue, using two quick-splices SHOULD work, yes?

 

Thanks for looking those up, but by looking at the pics, I can't figure out how they tap into the OEM wiring that hasn't been cut. The pics show "crimp style" connectors. Is there a specific pic or part # I should be looking at?