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Old 07-07-2011, 12:50 PM
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Corny title I know ... but I just spent the last 3 hours installing what was probably the most fullfilling MOD imaginable! I was tired of the whimpy "beep beep" on my AP1, so I read the forums and decided to take the "air horn" dive ... quick call to Griot's Garage and $39.99 and 4 days later my project arrived! Mounting this sucker was tougher than I thought ... someone had mentioned putting it where the old horn was and doing so w/o removing the front bumper - IMPOSSIBLE!! So I took the day off, got out my tools and went to town ... OEM spoiler - OFF, bumper - OFF, little PITA cover thingy where the hoodlatch is - OFF! The one issue on all this are the little phillips "fasteners" on the black cover thingy ... they are almost impossible to remove and reuse, so I decided to go the easy route - new package of 10 for $5.99 @ the local auto parts store. Wiring was fairly easy to follow with the instructions, finding a place to mount the horn was a BREEZE once the bumper was off, sinply installed in on the passenger side front opening behind those little "faux ducts" that I see absolutely zero value ... anyways, once the horn was mounted, wiring done, relay mounted (same spot as horn) I did what every 46 year old kid with a new toy does ... I tooted the horn. AMAZING sound ... loud, but european in sound ... definately worth the $46.00 and 3 hours of head scratching labor! I would definately recommend this MOD to anyone who's tired of a horn that is just a tad bit louder than a Taco Bell fart.

I wish I cound upload photos on here but I cannot ... I will post this exact thread on another site with photos for those interested.

Just tootin' my horn!

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Old 07-07-2011, 01:29 PM
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get those pics...
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The horn on the '00 cars is particularly wimpy, a single horn. I replaced with Hella Supertones, and they were quite an improvement. I just removed the pia cover where the latch is and installed one horn in the original location and the other to the left (driver's side) of it.
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The 00 horn is wimpy. I replaced it years ago with twin FIAMM electrostatics. Vast improvement but every few years one would die. I got sick of replacing them so upgraded to twin air horns and a compressor.

A few days ago I got to try them out. I was following a white van into a side street when it stopped. Little did I know he was just using the side street to turn around. He was reversing towards me when I hit the horn. It sounded like the heavens opened and angels trumpeting. The van managed to stop about 6 inches from my bumper.
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I put one of these on my bike and they are LOUD as hell(might put them on the "S" to)
http://www.hornblasters.com/products...c-air-horn-kit

It would be fun to put one of these on the car but I would probably end up in JAIL
http://www.hornblasters.com/products...-and-air-horns

Here is why it would get me in trouble
http://www.hornblasters.com/video.php?video=69

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Train horn would be Badass. I want that horn the guy in the 350z has.
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I hate doing this ... but since I have no webspace to host photos on ... here's the link to the other site that has all the photos:

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