What options (legal) do i have with gettin a louder horn for ruby (LX). Too many times now i have been in a situation where i have used the horn and it just wasn't loud enuf 2 b effective.
Ruby has a problem, she's not horny enuf!!
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, Jul 21 2006 12:18 AM
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 12:18 AM
What options (legal) do i have with gettin a louder horn for ruby (LX). Too many times now i have been in a situation where i have used the horn and it just wasn't loud enuf 2 b effective.
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 12:23 AM
Legal
Buy some new horns from your local autoparts store
Non legal
Buy some musical airhorns
I have "Dixie" ( Dukes)
Macherena
and CHARGE !! (Cavalry) available
Lacucaracha coming
Buy some new horns from your local autoparts store
Non legal
Buy some musical airhorns
I have "Dixie" ( Dukes)
Macherena
and CHARGE !! (Cavalry) available
Lacucaracha coming
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 03:46 AM
hide some optional twin air horns behind the front panel, and face them straight down.
mine are hell loud, and there pretty much impossible to find.
well worth it if ya wanna make a loud toot!
mine are hell loud, and there pretty much impossible to find.
well worth it if ya wanna make a loud toot!
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 08:59 AM
Get a twin horn set up if you want to stay street legal, (hi & lo note horns together).
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 09:44 AM
Maybe scour a late-model wreckers for a horn.... most of the ones on new Commodores, Statesmans, even bloody barinas have effective horns for scaring blind pedestrians out of your path!
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 11:37 AM
I got a set of old school 3 chime air horns. They just play 3 notes continuiously. I believe they are legal in Victoria, don't know about SA.
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 12:03 PM
Actually.. i was told that an astra has an incredibly loud horn...
Would it be legal to install one of these in place of the normal horn? I assume theyve passed all legality checks?
Its on my TO-Do list for the HQ too.. Theyre never horny enough are they Kaz
Would it be legal to install one of these in place of the normal horn? I assume theyve passed all legality checks?
Its on my TO-Do list for the HQ too.. Theyre never horny enough are they Kaz
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 06:14 PM
The astra horn is brilliant ... on suggestion from someone on the old forums I went and got a set (it's a dual tone one). So it plays those two tones and the old baffled sounding one that came with the car ... it certainly does the trick 
You'll need the wiring loom also (couple of extra dollars) as the plugs are wierd and proprietary to the car.
Go nuts!
-Al
You'll need the wiring loom also (couple of extra dollars) as the plugs are wierd and proprietary to the car.
Go nuts!
-Al
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 08:01 PM
hey Datto, can you get mexican hat dance?
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 09:12 PM
On the subject of horns, I was thinking it would be great to be able to have programable horns, like the V8 door bell. Just imagine if when you pressed the button you could have everything from a Mack truck horn to screeching brakes, to go ahead make my day Punk depending on the situation. Just a thought anyway.
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Posted 21 July 2006 - 10:27 PM
Twin air horns work for me. I have them mounted straight down under the guard beside the chassis rail.
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Posted 22 July 2006 - 09:04 AM
when we do regos, if the car has a standard horn used by the standard steering wheel its ok, just use a seperate button for the air horn etc. as long as the stardard horn works its ok.
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Posted 22 July 2006 - 09:36 PM
^ yeah i do believe you can keep the standard horn and have air horns switched thru a relay to come on as well.
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Posted 22 July 2006 - 10:35 PM
used to have a air horn off a train under my ute tray.
Scared the crap out of ppl.
two uses b4 u had to fill the air tank at the servo
Scared the crap out of ppl.
two uses b4 u had to fill the air tank at the servo
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Posted 23 July 2006 - 01:38 PM
How big was the tank in that thing?used to have a air horn off a train under my ute tray.
Scared the crap out of ppl.
two uses b4 u had to fill the air tank at the servo
That would be wicked
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Posted 23 July 2006 - 11:57 PM
I saw one on ebay that u can use as a loud speaker, OMG how much trouble would i get in with one of those!!!!!!
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Posted 24 July 2006 - 01:24 PM
Kaz, we did something similar to a mates car, we wired a megaphone into the engine bay, and had the microphone bit in the glove box. we had some fun with that! we used to drive round with a cardboard body kit on a sikma making blowoff valve sounds! FULLY SIK!
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Posted 25 July 2006 - 12:20 PM
you can buy the "public adress"horn thingos, they have like 30 sounds as well. they are always advertised in street machine and other car magz. i have a tripple tone air horn mounted in behind my front gaurd, just behind the flutes. cant even see it once the inner splash gaurd was put in. just simply made a bracket for the compressor and three horns to mount on and screwed it in. i have my original horn and the air horn on a switch on the under dash panel. so you just switch horns and press the steerin wheel like usual. its pisser when you get mates to "have a look up inside that gaurd at the damage...." then blast the air horn while their head is up under it.
CHEERS Chris
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