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Woo Hoo, Airhorn action. I have thought about this at length, but never done anything about it. How much are airhorns? How hard are they to fit? I'm sick to death of my anaemic Noddy horn, it's half knackered too now anyway. How loud are airhorns? Is it going to be reminiscent of that youtube vid with the ships foghorn and the pedestrians?
Howard- said:
I've been half tempted to fit air horns, there's even two horns/mounting brackets at the front! All you'd need is a 12v feed, of which there is one 
As in the battery is not far away - or there is already a 12v feed to the current horn? (I'm not so good on electrics).I need to get under the car and have a look.
rfn said:
Howard- said:
I've been half tempted to fit air horns, there's even two horns/mounting brackets at the front! All you'd need is a 12v feed, of which there is one
As in the battery is not far away - or there is already a 12v feed to the current horn? (I'm not so good on electrics).I need to get under the car and have a look.
I've got one of the smallish red snail-type horns on mine, in place of one of the two normal horns (discovered that my Eunos had an 2 of those flat round electric horns, one on each side of the front panel) and it's much much louder and just plugged straight on to the existing wire. I got it from Halfords for about £15 IIRC.
They have a low and high pitch so I chose the low pitch to work alongside the remaining original squeaker.
The trumpet airhorns are more awkward to fit as you need to mount both trumpets very close to the compressor (which is an awkward shape anyway). Unless you can remove the nosecone you're probably best fitting them over near the air filter and extending the horn cable from the front. I think there is a 12v feed wire behind the passenger headllamp (possibly a small blue plug??).
They have a low and high pitch so I chose the low pitch to work alongside the remaining original squeaker.
The trumpet airhorns are more awkward to fit as you need to mount both trumpets very close to the compressor (which is an awkward shape anyway). Unless you can remove the nosecone you're probably best fitting them over near the air filter and extending the horn cable from the front. I think there is a 12v feed wire behind the passenger headllamp (possibly a small blue plug??).
Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 23 January 19:07
I've fitted the Stiebel Nautilus. Sounds like a traditional sports car air horn.
Draws high current, so needs a seperate supply. Wired into exisiting system, horn is switched on the earth wire. Took a supply from the fusebox buss bar, through a relay.
The road runner "meep meep" is no more.
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Draws high current, so needs a seperate supply. Wired into exisiting system, horn is switched on the earth wire. Took a supply from the fusebox buss bar, through a relay.
The road runner "meep meep" is no more.
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JimSuperSix said:
Andy Meads said:
I used mine for the first time today. Horrible. It must be possible to put a simple dual tone horn on. I'm off to MX5parts.co.uk and will report back...
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