Has anyone upgraded their horn?
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I upgraded my horn with a 139db Stebil Nautilus Air Horn. I bought it from here.
The install was pretty easy... I don't have a clip of it on my car, but
is a clip of it installed on a motorcycle...
It sounds similar to the horn on my friend's ferarri. It's also loud as fsck. If I remember correctly, the manual had a warning saying that the horn is audible for something like 3 city blocks or something like that. I know the db scale is logarithmic, but I remember reading that a handgun being fired is 140db.
But anyways, I'm super happy with this horn... And it was only $39. I looked at the Nismo horn before I bought this, and I remember people saying it wasn't that much louder than stock if any.... This horn is waaaaaaaaaay louder than stock....
I mounted it in the same location as the OEM horns, even using the OEM bracket in a creative fashion. Only drawback, is that if you use the horn notification when you arm the alarm, that won't work anymore, becuase the blip isn't long enough for the horn to activate. However, the horn still functions correctly if you trip the alarm.... Did I mention I rigged my clear-corners so my alarm goes off if you try to steal them?
It comes with a relay, as you'll need to use it... This beast draws > 10A of current, so that should give you an idea of how loud it is I used a 15A fuse and wires my own harness, and used the stock horn plugs as the triggers for the relay...
I also looked into hornblasters before I bought my horn. Those require an air compressor and a tank and everything. Plus they're expensive... This 139db horn isn't near as loud as a train horn, but it's way easier to install, and much friendlier on the wallet. It has the horn and the air pump integrated, so you don't need a tank or anything.
The install was pretty easy... I don't have a clip of it on my car, but
It sounds similar to the horn on my friend's ferarri. It's also loud as fsck. If I remember correctly, the manual had a warning saying that the horn is audible for something like 3 city blocks or something like that. I know the db scale is logarithmic, but I remember reading that a handgun being fired is 140db.
But anyways, I'm super happy with this horn... And it was only $39. I looked at the Nismo horn before I bought this, and I remember people saying it wasn't that much louder than stock if any.... This horn is waaaaaaaaaay louder than stock....
I mounted it in the same location as the OEM horns, even using the OEM bracket in a creative fashion. Only drawback, is that if you use the horn notification when you arm the alarm, that won't work anymore, becuase the blip isn't long enough for the horn to activate. However, the horn still functions correctly if you trip the alarm.... Did I mention I rigged my clear-corners so my alarm goes off if you try to steal them?
It comes with a relay, as you'll need to use it... This beast draws > 10A of current, so that should give you an idea of how loud it is
I used a 15A fuse and wires my own harness, and used the stock horn plugs as the triggers for the relay...I also looked into hornblasters before I bought my horn. Those require an air compressor and a tank and everything. Plus they're expensive... This 139db horn isn't near as loud as a train horn, but it's way easier to install, and much friendlier on the wallet. It has the horn and the air pump integrated, so you don't need a tank or anything.
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