Anyone change their horn?

[jrhone]

Now that I have fixed my horn button, I realize that I HATE the sound of my horn. To me it sounds like Herbie the Love Bug. I want a more "European" sports car sound. Anyone upgrade their horn? If so what did you go to? Cost? Was it a simple swap? Air horns?

[Patman]

Personally I've always loved the air horns. Loud if you hold the button but just a quick pop or two and nobody every get's pissed off..... Sounds kinda happy......

Cheers,

Patman in Tehachapi (where 60% of the population is legally armed all the time so politeness counts)

[BlindRhino]

Something like this might wake the neighbors...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HELLA-Trumpet-Horn-Set-Porsche-911-912-914-930-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem335e7310f1QQitemZ220627931377QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

Russ

[M3M3]

the stock single horn on my 75 sounded like herby. replaced it with the dual hella's that were on my 73. WAY better and louder.

[toropoki]

Kept my horns in the BMW family. I got dual horns from and e32. Very loud and easy to hook up.

[Otis]

Not me. I'm going with train horns.

http://www.hornblasters.com/products/category.php?c=train-horn-kits-and-air-horn-kits#

Just trying to find a place for the compressor.

You think I'm joking? Check out "gallery" and "installs on cars" on the link. One guy did it on a Smart Car: http://www.hornblasters.com/installs/set/?ripcord_smartcar

Absolutely the Isetta is getting train horns; it's only natural that Otis have a set, also.

[Scott Sislane]

I went from the single bmw horn, to a set of dual tone Italian horns. (Not sure of brand) They're solid sounding and loud enough to grab attention. They're not as loud as I had hoped, but far better than stock.

This is one of two.

[ArdenK]

When I was living in Florida I met a guy that had a truck horn, one of the trumpet style you see on the roof. Damn thing could wake up the neighborhood! He said people had a tendency to look up expecting a tractor trailer rig. I wonder if that would pass our annual vehicle inspection?

[jgerock]

I actually like my dual horns on the 73. They are much nicer than my OE "beep beep" horn on the Bug and the sound is recognizable by other '02 owners.

If anyone is really serious about using a SUPER loud air horn, then the package from a Mercedes-Benz 600 Limo is what you need. It has a huge "cachuga,cachuga" air compressor under the hood and either (1) or (2) trumpets that sound almost like a fog horn on a ship. One of the 600 Limos used to come in for regular service at a shop where I worked and we would scare everyone with the horn.

[ClayW]

I have an 80s 7 series horn set. Simple (for Jay) to wire up. Sounds great.

[eurotrash]

I put in the two horns from an early Tii..

[visionaut]

I swapped my OEM horn for a pair of Stritone horns from a Porsche 911 (same donor car as my front seats). Good and loud, great sound.

Tom

[Kidasters]

All kinds

http://www.griotsgarage.com/p2p/search/searchresults.do?method=view&search=basic&keyword=horn&sortby=newArrivals&page=1

I almost put the compact italians on my mini....

[hrstudioplus]

Something like this might wake the neighbors...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HELLA-Trumpet-Horn-Set-Porsche-911-912-914-930-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem335e7310f1QQitemZ220627931377QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

Russ

Would this work for an 02? Considering it heavily right now. Eff the neighbors, they play grindcore at 3AM. Like, really?

[toropoki]

Something like this might wake the neighbors...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HELLA-Trumpet-Horn-Set-Porsche-911-912-914-930-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem335e7310f1QQitemZ220627931377QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

Russ

Would this work for an 02? Considering it heavily right now. Eff the neighbors, they play grindcore at 3AM. Like, really?

Those are the same type from the e32 I picked up used for $12.00 on craigslist a while a go. Check the pic-a-part yards.