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Old Apr 12, 2008 | 11:03 AM
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I was wondering if anyone has the JDM horns that toyota offers? There is a guy on ebay selling them, he has a link to a sound clip of the horn too.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TOYOT...spagenameZWDVW
Old Apr 13, 2008 | 02:13 AM
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it'll be a tight squeeze to fit behind the grille
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those look reallly cool
Old Apr 14, 2008 | 06:57 PM
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Well I just ordered the horns to try them out to see if they are going to do what they claim. Plus it is a JDM Toyota item, I think I can't go too wrong with that!
Old Apr 14, 2008 | 10:33 PM
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This really cool. I've been looking for a louder horn myself, as our xA's seem to be in everyone's blind spot, yet our horns are not loud enough to warn em.
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cool, cuz you know ANYTHING JDM adds at least 5-10hp per part
Old Apr 15, 2008 | 01:08 AM
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thats extra JDM points there! let us know how the install is. they sound so much better.
Old Apr 15, 2008 | 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Forklift
cool, cuz you know ANYTHING JDM adds at least 5-10hp per part
Yeah I know, I am pushing somewhere around 300hp, 305-310 with the horn install!


Originally Posted by firesquare
thats extra JDM points there! let us know how the install is. they sound so much better.
Will do, looking forward to something new!
Old Apr 23, 2008 | 07:12 PM
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I finally got the horns in:



I have the JDM sport grill, so this install will be if you have one!

The stock horns behind the grill.



Remove the 4 retainers on the radiator support that holds the grill on, and pull up on grill and should come right off.

As you can see the stock connectors work with the new horns.




Now in order to put the horns back in the stock location you have to remove the bracket on one of the horns I used the left one in the picture! You will probably not have to do this if you have a stock grill, that plastic shroud gets in the way that why I did it.




That was the hard part, now all you have to do is put it back on the car and plug in!



And the grill fits back onto the car with no clearance issues either.



If you want to get these, they are not the loudest horns on the market, but they are decent. I am sure you can relocate to a different places I just wanted to do the simplest thing.
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sweet. ill have to jump on this soon. thanks for the quick write up!
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cool! How much did you take off in the 1/4?
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 02:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Forklift
cool! How much did you take off in the 1/4?
You have no idea, like 4/10ths!!!
Old May 8, 2008 | 08:14 PM
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ive had these in my tc for a few months now. they sound nice.
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any sound clips
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^^^First post will tell ya
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Just heard these in person today. Excellent!!! Makes me want to "buy now"

PS: Sold out....
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