I was driving down the road the other day and someone pulled out in front of me. It was the first time I've had to lay on my horn since I've got the truck. I was a little disappointed with the sound. It sounds a bit wimpy for a truck. Did this horn come from the Sentra? Does a Titan sound any more "manly"? I might have to replace it. Has anyone replaced theirs?
I was driving down the road the other day and someone pulled out in front of me. It was the first time I've had to lay on my horn since I've got the truck. I was a little disappointed with the sound. It sounds a bit wimpy for a truck. Did this horn come from the Sentra? Does a Titan sound any more "manly"? I might have to replace it. Has anyone replaced theirs?
I posted this a while back but had no responses; I hope you have better luck. I haven't done anything with mine yet, but as you can see from what I said in the post, I agree, the stock horn is WIMPY.
If you go with another horn, please post what you do and how you like it (I'll do the same).
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There was a lengthy thread on this topic on one of the forums. It may have been TUNSF. Go there and do a search on horns and you should find a lot of information.
OkieScot
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I was driving down the road the other day and someone pulled out in front of me. It was the first time I've had to lay on my horn since I've got the truck. I was a little disappointed with the sound. It sounds a bit wimpy for a truck. Did this horn come from the Sentra? Does a Titan sound any more "manly"? I might have to replace it. Has anyone replaced theirs?
I find that the horn is definitely wimpy sounding, but I am usually hearing it from inside the truck. Stand in front of the grille and have somebody else blow the horn at you or trigger the Panic on your fob. It sounds juuuust a little bit stronger when you are on the receiving end . . .
Still, louder is better I always say, so if somebody has found a really good replacement I'd like to hear about it too. I had a set of Hella air horns (with the three red plastic trumpets) on an old car and they were quieter than the horns on my wife's Honda.
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I took a run up to harbor freight tools and picked up their dual air horn/ compressor kit and added it onto the stock set up. It says 18 on the web site but only cost me 13 in the store. Air Horns . They are rated at 135 Decibles, and I do believe it. 2 trumpets, and the compressor, then you just need some wire and wa-la. It sounds more like a truck. I have it wired so I hit the horn and all 3 blast (stock and 2 trumpets). I like it.....
I took a run up to harbor freight tools and picked up their dual air horn/ compressor kit and added it onto the stock set up. It says 18 on the web site but only cost me 13 in the store. Air Horns . They are rated at 135 Decibles, and I do believe it. 2 trumpets, and the compressor, then you just need some wire and wa-la. It sounds more like a truck. I have it wired so I hit the horn and all 3 blast (stock and 2 trumpets). I like it.....
That's the same horn I had in my Tracker. I liked it. I think with mine I was supposed to oil the compressor every now & then, so when I did an oil change, I would take the tube off the compressor and put a couple of drops down the pipe. Where did you mount them and what direction are they facing?
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also , can you wire them so when you hit the lock button on the car it doesnt use those but only the stock horns ? but when you hit the panic it uses all of them ? the people in my apartment complex don't like me as it is cause they complain if a mouse farts at 3am and i have my tv on they bitch so i don't need anymore complaints
the people in my apartment complex don't like me as it is cause they complain if a mouse farts at 3am and i have my tv on they bitch
hahahaha that is funny. i piss my neighbors off with my horn...since the whole firefighting thing i have an electric siren (i know its redneck) and it has an airhorn on it too so hahaha i dont like them anyway, their dogs bark all the time...
I am still wanting to get the Stebel TM 80 Magnum series
horn. It can be viewed and heard at www.stebel.it. They have a full line of electic and air horns.
This website gives you the chance to hear several different
horns without having to keep changing to different websites.
OkieScot
Last edited by Gerald : Dec 22nd, 2005 at 12:59 AM.
That's the same horn I had in my Tracker. I liked it. I think with mine I was supposed to oil the compressor every now & then, so when I did an oil change, I would take the tube off the compressor and put a couple of drops down the pipe. Where did you mount them and what direction are they facing?
I mounted them on the driver side under the beside the stock air box, and the second a little farther back but in the same place. They are both facing forward and down slightly. The compressor is mounted farther down below the horns. If I get time tomorrow i will snap a picture of the install.
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also , can you wire them so when you hit the lock button on the car it doesnt use those but only the stock horns ? but when you hit the panic it uses all of them ? the people in my apartment complex don't like me as it is cause they complain if a mouse farts at 3am and i have my tv on they bitch so i don't need anymore complaints
There is probably a way, but I honestly wouldn't know how (at least I am truthful...lol). I have an 05 SE without any electronic options...so I dont have remote start or anything. You would have to do some wire splicing in the module that controls the remote locking system. Sorry I couldn't be any more help
I got tired of having a useless horn too. So I bought this cool airhorn off Ebay. It's a one piece unit, compressor & horns all together, so there's no air lines to run, & it's very compact. It's actually marketed as being suitable for a motorcycle. I mounted it to the middle vertical support that runs in front of the radiator. Now people can hear my displeasure!
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The horn does indeed sound wimpy, however most single horn systems do. As another posted, the stock horn is plenty loud - it just doesn't bark with any authority. In the past, I've simply added a second horn. 2 horn systems consist of a low tone plus a high tone horn. As soon as I determine which tone the stock horn is, I'll add a 2nd of the opposing tone & all will sound better.
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