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Posted By: ZetecTour Train Horn - 04/09/05 05:24 AM
I installed my train horn today which is 139db....all i have to say is that it scares the hell out of everyone...sound clip soon to come.
Posted By: really BIG fuzzy Re: Train Horn - 04/09/05 05:29 AM
i had em on all my previous cars, and they're really loud! the horn on the tour is weak and sounds like a ginea pig when u squeeze it so i understand y u replaced it, but where'd u mount it all up?!
Posted By: BrianW Re: Train Horn - 04/09/05 10:47 AM
Where did you get it? Easy install?
Posted By: really BIG fuzzy Re: Train Horn - 04/09/05 01:02 PM
Originally posted by BrianW:
Where did you get it? Easy install?



they're cheap and u can get em anywhere like meijers or an automotive store.
just not sure where he mounted everything, not tons of room under our hoods
Posted By: BrApple_dup1 Re: Train Horn - 04/09/05 01:41 PM
get two FIAMM free blasters, 132 dB, they are pretty close to sounding like a pre 98s dual horns, put em in a the factory location
Posted By: Tuned3900SFI Re: Train Horn - 04/09/05 03:40 PM
SOUND CLIP!!!!!
Posted By: Big Jim_dup1 Re: Train Horn - 04/09/05 06:33 PM
You may laugh, but let me tell you what I did with my horns.

To me, one of the best sounding car horns is From the Lincoln of the late 60's and early 70,s. They used three horns, two that are essentually the same as most cars, one each high and low note, with an added third horn with a still lower note. I had the three horns on my 72 Ranchero and it sounded very elegant yet didn't seem offensive even though it was louder.

One day I noticed that the horns on my daughter's Tracer sounder better than mine and started to get restless about mine. The factory horns sound OK, but not great.

Even though most horn systems with dual horns use a high and low note, no two seen to use exactly the same two notes, giving each make and model a unique sound, even when the same horn vendor is used.

I started searching in eBay for the Lincoln horns, and just missed one. Still feeling restless, I bought the Freeway Blasters. They are made by the same company as the stock ones, but are a bit louder. I mounted them up with the stock brackets and tried them out. It was better, both in volume and tone, but still not what I had hoped for.

So I grabbed some jumper wires from my tool box and experimented with adding back one of the old horns and then I tried all four. The tone is still a little better and of course, it is much louder.

So call me crazy, but I played with the brackets and made two short wiring harnesses and mounted the old one back in using the new brackets. It took a little imagination but now there are four horns mounted where there was once only two.

I would still like to find a Lincoln third horn though.

Please, no horny car jokes.
Posted By: Jeb Hoge_dup1 Re: Train Horn - 04/11/05 02:21 PM
I used to play with horn combos on my first Integra, since it was really easy to get the bumper off and have unrestricted access. I had a combo on there that was almost the same note, but one was off by like 1/3 step. SOOO grating. My parents even came outside to tell me to knock it off.
Posted By: 96mercury Re: Train Horn - 04/12/05 03:14 PM
Hey can I borrow some of your guys free time, sheesh.
Posted By: liquidX Re: Train Horn - 04/12/05 07:38 PM
Hey Chris you never blew the horn for us at the meet!
Posted By: ZetecTour Re: Train Horn - 04/12/05 09:37 PM
we paid no attention to the only zetec contour next time we meet up i will
Posted By: Goonz SVT Re: Train Horn - 04/12/05 11:21 PM
what the hell is this train horn crap, isnt it called an "AIR HORN"? jw
Posted By: CSVT1214 Re: Train Horn - 04/13/05 02:56 AM
I like my horn just the way it is.
Posted By: wa2tuff Re: Train Horn - 04/16/05 06:07 PM
I'll agree that the stock horn sounds sick (as in stupid). Heck, even my previous 97 SE Sport had a 2 tone horn. I called the dealer, found out if stock horn is high or low (don't remember now). Went to Auto Zone, got the opposite, tapped onto existing wires, mounted to the original horn's mount, and was done. Now I'm not embarressed to use my horn.
Posted By: ZeroHour Re: Train Horn - 04/16/05 10:46 PM
I want a musical one that plays La Cocaracha! just like Homer! (Homer Simpson you uncultured geek, not the Greek Poet)
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