Aftermarket Horn Upgrade?

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Dec 15, 2006 | 07:09 PM
  #1  
Anyone here upgrade their stock horns to something louder? I'm not talking about those train horns some idiots are putting in their cars/trucks... but something like the nismo horn or something that's small, but noticably louder?
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Dec 15, 2006 | 07:16 PM
  #2  
this guy was suppose to...dont know if he ever did or not..

https://g35driver.com/forums/g35-coupe-v35-2003-07/118854-i-am-putting-my-g35-coupe.html
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Dec 15, 2006 | 07:30 PM
  #3  
I have JDM Z horns on my G. They sound more like a euro car.
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Dec 15, 2006 | 07:48 PM
  #4  
^^^ Can you post a clip?
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Dec 15, 2006 | 08:48 PM
  #5  
Quote: I have JDM Z horns on my G. They sound more like a euro car.
yeah, i had those in for a while also. here's pics:

https://g35driver.com/forums/reviews/75882-nismo-sport-horns-review-pics.html

nice upgrade, changed the sound, but IMHO it was a bit more quiet than stock.
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Dec 15, 2006 | 08:51 PM
  #6  
Quote: but IMHO it was a bit more quiet than stock.
Quote: the sound: higher pitch, almost ferrari-like. louder, too.


lol
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Dec 16, 2006 | 02:50 AM
  #7  
More quiet, huh? I looked at your other thread. Did you ever paint them or wire them parallel with your stock horns for an added affect?
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Dec 16, 2006 | 08:39 AM
  #8  
I searched around for the loudest replacement horn that I could find, and stumbled across the Stebel Nautilus electro pneumatic air horn. This thing puts out 139 dB! How loud is 139dB you ask? A Firecracker or gunshot is ~140dB! [Source: Howstuffworks.com]

It is a compact air horn, with the twin horns attached directly to the compressor. Very popular with the motorcycle crowd.

Online retailer Twisted Throttle and various eBay merchants stock it.
http://www.twistedthrottle.com/trade/productview/2137/

It's very compact and fits easily behind the grill. I wish I bought two!

I had a local stereo shop install it for ~$30.

A comparison between a stock horn and the Stebel Nautilus Compact can be found here:
LINK

I'm very pleased and use it almost everyday!
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Dec 16, 2006 | 10:19 AM
  #9  
My room-mate in college installed the air-horn off a Ferarri in his M3. Is that considered rice? I don't know about it being louder, but it was definately different sounding....
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Dec 16, 2006 | 10:54 AM
  #10  
you should get the BOSCH horn had it on my old car (bmw)
BOSCH is a horn from the old school mercedes, sounds really loud and nice
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Dec 16, 2006 | 11:23 AM
  #11  
hey day177017, I guess I'm one of those idiots you are talking about since I have the train horn (hornblasters train horn) you are talking about in my G, but I love it and many passengers get a lot of laughs when I scare people with it (except for the elderly and babies in strollers, everyone else is game ) you can't even hear our stock horns when you honk at somebody while they are in their cars. My horn has saved me from a lot of other sorry a$$ drivers not even watching and trying to merge into my lane. I'm probably one of the only few who on G's who has this horn. You can also try getting a hella horn. I had one of these in my Acura Integra GS-R before. Sounds like a Ferrari horn. Good luck, if you ever want to hear my horn or see my set up (since you also live in socal), just pm..........
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Dec 16, 2006 | 11:34 AM
  #12  
I Have The Z Horns They Sound Really Nice.
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Dec 16, 2006 | 11:54 AM
  #13  
those hornblaster videos are hilarious.

I got a similar effect the other day .........I was accelerating down a street and a couple of kids (13-14 years old) turned around to see what ws coming. You can hear the turbo whistling pretty hard. When they turned around, I let off the gas and when the raptor BOV squealed, they both jumped back from the sidewalk. It was really funny, and I was thinking about the hornblaster videos after if happened.
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Dec 16, 2006 | 01:27 PM
  #14  
Check out this funny hornblaster.com video:
http://video.google.com/googleplayer...46655187089395
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Dec 16, 2006 | 01:41 PM
  #15  
I dont use my horn unless I have to so I could care less what it sounds like
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