i want a loud horn

[Kerm]

I really want to ditch the factory horn on this thing and get a MANLY sounding horn. Maby a train horn? Or something about that loud. How much do they cost? Are they air driven? Where can you buy these things?

 

[ROCKJEEP]

I have the trail horns in and dual air tanks. All mounted under the bed. Right now I use a thompson air pump, but I'm waiting for Brad to get off his lazy butt and make the kit for the third gen. I tell you it will make the people around you crap their pants when you lay into the horns. Real fun at crossings. people walking across run real fast.

Kory

 

[RabidRam]

Here is a place where some of the guys on this web site have gotten thier horns. You can also search the forums for "air horns" and spend the next 4 days straight reading your eyes out. I can't remember the specifics... but most guys are running one of two setups... either Grover's or H-something (I know it starts with an "H"... Hadley maybe??) One has a deeper tone then the other, but the other is supposedly louder. Or at least that's what I've picked up from what I've read. You're gonna need an onboard air compressor and plumbing. This site has complete install kits as well as prices. Hope this helps.



Air Horns



Dave

 

[ThomasLawrence]

Pair of Hadley horns, 19" and 22":



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Compressor and air tank:



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How they sound:



http://home.earthlink.net/~tlawren349/at/airhorns.wav





This is a bit on the extreme side - all the components ran about $800. However, this is much more than an air-horn setup - it's a fully-capable on-board air setup. IF you just want air horns, you can do it much cheaper with a pre-packaged kit, such as the ones shown here:



http://www.hadley-products.com/horns2.html



The larger the horns, the deeper the sound, but the harder they are to fit. The round bell horns will be much easier to find a mounting point for than the rectangular-bell horns.



-Tom

 

[XcumminsX]

I had 133 db airhorns that had its own air tank/compressor and it just didnt scare the **** out of people enough for me. . Anyone know where i could get 200+ db power and have it made so i could hook up a lanyard

 

[ROCKJEEP]

There was a great post here where the guy had the ari valve installed between the driver seat and the center consol so he could grab it easy.

kory

 

[jsimpson]

I know that train horns are all the rage, but I want people to be looking out for a truck when I hit the horn, not railroad tracks!

 

[KHogan]

200db air horns? That would be insane: they'd be huge and need a humongous air compressor. Remember, decibels are logarithmic: each 3db increase of acoustic output requires double the energy input to make it happen. Further, a 3db increase in acoustic output equates to the next appreciable volume level increase (i. e. , not a big difference, acoustically).



Wanna wake the dead? Try two sets of Hadley Bully's instead. My buddy's got four horns mounted under the frame (amidships) of his F-350 CC Dually Powerscrote that'll scare the S**T out of anyone, including himself when he forgets to flip the bypass switch and hits his remote to lock the doors, LOL!

 

[jsimpson]

bullies are wimps

I had Hadley Bullies, but they were too high puitched to suit me. I installed Hadley Ambassadors in 94 and just switched them to my 2003: they're a match for anything the big rigs carry.

 

[rbattelle]

Here is a 152 dB horn setup.



200 dB would probably result in a lawsuit after you deafened some poor bystander. Seriously, that much output will cause hearing damage. Even 152 dB is extreme!

 

[CJ8Rockcrawler]

Has anyone looked at installing a better/deeper sounding electronic horn? I know the horn in my S10 sounds a hell of a lot better and would be somewhat satisfied with that level of performance... especially if it was easy and cheap.

 

[crobertson1]

I have a request in for 4 "trumpet" horns from a Cadillac Brougham. Not as loud as train horns, but no air is needed.

 

[jsimpson]

Many luxury cars have three or more horns. My Buick park Avenue had four, including a very low note. I bought a replacement low note horn for the Buick and put it on my Tundra - really improved the sound quality.

 

[rbattelle]

I had an '85 Cutlass that had a great horn on it. I'm sure one could be obtained from a junkyard very cheaply.

 

[XcumminsX]

Originally posted by rbattelle

Here is a 152 dB horn setup.



200 dB would probably result in a lawsuit after you deafened some poor bystander. Seriously, that much output will cause hearing damage. Even 152 dB is extreme!

at 16 x 15 x 11... where would i be able to mount them?

 

[rbattelle]

Originally posted by XcumminsX

at 16 x 15 x 11... where would i be able to mount them?

Under the truck... frame rail somewhere? If it were me, I'd put it either on my headache rack or under the truck.

 

[cannongeorge]

ROCKJEEP: I to, am waiting for Brad to make a third gen kit. Several years ago, I installed a Nathan P-5 chime (legally obtained from a parted-out BN&SF locomotive) on a Toyota PU. I couldn't afford a compressor and air tank, so I used an old fire extingusiher tank as an intermediate supply tank and a welding let-down regulator connecting to a Nitrogen cylinder. The very first time I used it (kinda of a "nuns in crosswalk" situation) the blast of nitrogen (very calm day) killed not only my truck engine but 3 other vehicles at the stoplight around me! How embarrassing!



The next time I used the horn was at one of those intersections where a set of railroad tracks is in front of you and parallel to a cross-street, and you are about 50' in front. The guy behind me was honking his horn, insisting that I move forward and let him occupy the road space directly over the railroad track. Well, I did, and after he was comfortably situated right on top of the tracks. I could not resist and I let the horn blow. The door flies open, the poor driver shoots out of the car, runs back 20' and is looking around and mumbling "Where? Where?. " He had also wet his pants. I shrugged. The other drivers all laughed.



I'm planning to order a single gauge "A" pillar pod from Geno's, add a horn switch near the top of the handle, and go have fun.

 

[rbattelle]

Originally posted by cannongeorge

ROCKJEEP: I to, am waiting for Brad to make a third gen kit. Several years ago, I installed a Nathan P-5 chime (legally obtained from a parted-out BN&SF locomotive) on a Toyota PU. I couldn't afford a compressor and air tank, so I used an old fire extingusiher tank as an intermediate supply tank and a welding let-down regulator connecting to a Nitrogen cylinder. The very first time I used it (kinda of a "nuns in crosswalk" situation) the blast of nitrogen (very calm day) killed not only my truck engine but 3 other vehicles at the stoplight around me! How embarrassing!



The next time I used the horn was at one of those intersections where a set of railroad tracks is in front of you and parallel to a cross-street, and you are about 50' in front. The guy behind me was honking his horn, insisting that I move forward and let him occupy the road space directly over the railroad track. Well, I did, and after he was comfortably situated right on top of the tracks. I could not resist and I let the horn blow. The door flies open, the poor driver shoots out of the car, runs back 20' and is looking around and mumbling "Where? Where?. " He had also wet his pants. I shrugged. The other drivers all laughed.



I'm planning to order a single gauge "A" pillar pod from Geno's, add a horn switch near the top of the handle, and go have fun.

:-laf :-laf :-laf

 

[TGreschuk]

Originally posted by cannongeorge

ROCKJEEP: The very first time I used it (kinda of a "nuns in crosswalk" situation) the blast of nitrogen (very calm day) killed not only my truck engine but 3 other vehicles at the stoplight around me! How embarrassing!



ROFLMAO

Trent

 

[mgonske]

Originally posted by XcumminsX

at 16 x 15 x 11... where would i be able to mount them?

Here