1990 NA - Abusive Horn Replacement suggestions??

Lucky_Luke · Postby **Lucky_Luke** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:50 am

Hey everyone, can anyone suggest a more abusive replacement horn for my 1990 NA.

I'm not a huge fan of air horns just looking for a more of an

'F off' than the original classic 'How are you this morning' horn sound.

Cheers,
L.

ducktape69 · Postby **ducktape69** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:52 am

hahahah

any of the BMW horns are pretty F OFF sounding...
maybe go to a wrecker and pick one out you like the sound of?

Locutus · Postby **Locutus** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:31 pm

i've thought about replacing mine in the past, and if i were to do it i'd get one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/STEBEL-NAUTILUS- ... dZViewItem

nice and compact (no tubes to worry about), twin horns, no lag. only complaint is that it would be nice if it wasn't so high pitched - i think theres a sound clip on the manufacturer's website.

tjcool · Postby **tjcool** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:31 pm

i stole mine off a 2000 model holden astra ( the work car right before it had done its 50,000 ks )

they are two horns twin pitched or whatever to create a good loud noise instead of the pansy road runner sounding excuse for a horn that it came out with

easily hooked up

they sound awesome and let all know that yes there is a car beside you

im sure people are suprised as they think they are going to see a big falcon or something and its my little beast in their blind spot

Lucky_Luke · Postby **Lucky_Luke** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:41 pm

Thanks for the suggestions guys! Keep em coming otherwise..

lol I might go out to the work car park and set off a few alarms etc and see which i like best

L.

Wuey · Postby **Wuey** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:27 pm

If you want to make ya neighbour's dog wee in fright, get a pair of 10-ton Mercedes truck horns. I installed a pair in my Alfa GTV that I once had, and each time my neighbour's dog saw me coming, she would scoot off in a hurry. I bet ya idle will dip a couple of hundred rpm when you lean on the horn button. You do need separate wiring and a relay too.

tjcool · Postby **tjcool** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:05 pm

dont those big truck horns run on 24 volt ?
that was my original idea after one of the 17 thousand times some hottie in a fourby or truck didnt see my little car

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:15 pm

There was one of these on eBay last week but the guy didnt get back to me regarding shipping costs.
Crazy Red

Either that or one of those Stebel ones. Im sure they make em for 12V as well though.

mekros · Postby **mekros** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:19 am

I had a set of Stebel Magnum II horns on my bike, twin scroll (so twin pitch). They are really loud, scared the life out of my cat and dog when I did a test beep.

These are around, you can get a group buy organised and they are something like $25 a set.

I'll have to get around to installing it onto the 5 :mrgreen:

Juffa · Postby **Juffa** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:25 am

I have the nautalus compact in my 5. Have put it to good use a number of times.

J

Locutus · Postby **Locutus** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:44 am

yeah they make 12V ones.

i was just lazy and linked to the first one that i saw.

Uncle Arthur · Postby **Uncle Arthur** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:21 am

Trust me - the twin horn air horns say *&^% OFF just as well as anything else.

Placed right at the front of the car just above the 'mouth' and pointed down I've used them to tell many a motorist of my presence..... one long blast speaks volumes

And used to give a cheery 'toot toot', they say hello just as effectively.

Mr Morlock · Postby **Mr Morlock** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:42 am

From my observation air horns work best and can be heard at speed. However Aust does not have a blow your horn culture so \"sounding off\" works well in cranking belligerent drivers up.