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I posted this at SR20DEforum.com as well and wanted to share it with people over here who don't frequent that site.
I just put my air horns in the SE-R that used to be in the XE and wanted to share the outcome so that anyone thinking of doing air horns might benefit from it. In the XE I had the horns mounted to a bracket that I attached to one of the radiator mount backets. The SE-R has all that EGR crap in the way, so I couldn't find a good location. Then I realize there is tons of room behind the airdam and plenty of places to mount brackets. So I mounted my bracket sandwiched between the vertical front clip brace that also has the hood release mechanism mounted to it. This allowed me to put the two air horns behind the dam, out of sight, and protected from the elements. I used the OEM horn bracket to mount the compressor, which is just above the bumper, but still behind the bumper cover and can't be seen through the grill.
Here's a pic of the compressor.
The horns behind the air dam.
There was enough room that a person could mount a triple horn easily, and with a little coersion, a pair of duals or a 5 horn setup. There's even threaded holes on the bottom side of the front clip where a person could attach brackets. You can clearly see one of these holes rusting, just to the right of the horn.
Here's my inline fuse holder that I zip-tied to the throttle cable. I used the OEM horn wire to operate a relay which operates the air horn. The air horn pulls a lot more current than the OEM one.
I just put my air horns in the SE-R that used to be in the XE and wanted to share the outcome so that anyone thinking of doing air horns might benefit from it. In the XE I had the horns mounted to a bracket that I attached to one of the radiator mount backets. The SE-R has all that EGR crap in the way, so I couldn't find a good location. Then I realize there is tons of room behind the airdam and plenty of places to mount brackets. So I mounted my bracket sandwiched between the vertical front clip brace that also has the hood release mechanism mounted to it. This allowed me to put the two air horns behind the dam, out of sight, and protected from the elements. I used the OEM horn bracket to mount the compressor, which is just above the bumper, but still behind the bumper cover and can't be seen through the grill.
Here's a pic of the compressor.

The horns behind the air dam.

There was enough room that a person could mount a triple horn easily, and with a little coersion, a pair of duals or a 5 horn setup. There's even threaded holes on the bottom side of the front clip where a person could attach brackets. You can clearly see one of these holes rusting, just to the right of the horn.
Here's my inline fuse holder that I zip-tied to the throttle cable. I used the OEM horn wire to operate a relay which operates the air horn. The air horn pulls a lot more current than the OEM one.
