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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 03:21 PM
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Does anyone know of a horn upgrade that allows you to do no splicing and just use the stock plug and just bolt it up? Don't mind doing the splicing but if I don't have to there's no point. I've check PIAA and Hella and both require cutting the stock plug and running a seperate ground and seperate hot wire. PIAA seems to be a bit easier but doesn't come with relays. Since the horn already is stock setup with relays, I would assume that's ok. Here's the PIAA ones:

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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 04:36 PM
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I'm interested in this also. Anyone?
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hmm.. i didn't have to splice anything... i did tap though..
Old Jan 4, 2007 | 05:52 PM
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hmm.. i didn't have to splice anything... i did tap though..
What do you mean "tap" ? What horns did you get?
Old Jan 4, 2007 | 07:51 PM
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tap... is a way to splice into a wire without needing to cut anything..

it connects quickly.. and that's the point.

and i have the mitsuba arena II's if you're curious.
Old Jan 4, 2007 | 07:58 PM
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Gottcha, i know what you're talking about.............the blue clamp like things. Thanks.
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I got the Hella Twin Supertone Horn. When I installed it, it was plug-n-play. No splicing. Just unbolt old wimpy horn, bolt up loud obnoxious Hella horn and you're all set! It's LOUD and kind of has a 'euro' horn-type sound. Great mod for $60!
Old Jan 5, 2007 | 06:00 AM
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Here's what you need:

http://www.hornblasters.com/

Without the rednecks.
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Originally Posted by theunclesam
Here's what you need:

http://www.hornblasters.com/

Without the rednecks.
Those will be my upgrade on my F250 in a few years
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Originally Posted by Hyghgynx
I got the Hella Twin Supertone Horn. When I installed it, it was plug-n-play. No splicing. Just unbolt old wimpy horn, bolt up loud obnoxious Hella horn and you're all set! It's LOUD and kind of has a 'euro' horn-type sound. Great mod for $60!

Sweet, where'd you get them from? What hz rating and decibil rating are they?
Old Jan 5, 2007 | 05:49 PM
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^^I bought mine HERE. (At the top of page 2.) Enjoy!
Old Jan 5, 2007 | 05:58 PM
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Ordered , thanks . Got pics of yours? Also showing the plug and relay?
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you could also break out the the stock horn relay and wire off of that. you would be able to return the car to stock pretty quickly that way.
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Originally Posted by Hyghgynx
^^I bought mine HERE. (At the top of page 2.) Enjoy!
On one of the tutorials on here, it shows the horn install and shows hooking up the relay and splicing/tapping a wire into the power wire of the horns. Did you do any of this or just literally plug the stock harness plug into the new horn and that's it?
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^^Mine didn't come with relays. I just hooked up the ground, unbolted the old, bolted up the new and that was it. Took all of about 10 mins to install. (I did take out the horn fuse, just in case. I was too lazy to disconnect my battery and having to 'reset' everything. ) Hardest part was getting the screws loose on the horns to connect the ground. I don't have pics but I did paint the grills black. I didn't care too much for the red. Maybe I'll take a pic in a bit...
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es330 horns work too.. i think i saw a post with them in there somewhere a while back
Old Jan 5, 2007 | 11:29 PM
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i have a air horn that i didn't need to splice into just simply hooked it up with the stock wires and its fine
Old Jan 9, 2007 | 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Hyghgynx
^^I bought mine HERE. (At the top of page 2.) Enjoy!

Hey, I got my horns in last night and painted the grilles on them black to blend in. Mine came with a relay. Did you have to make a ground for your 2 horns? Did you use a relay or did you just plug and go? And, do you notice your lights dim when you use it? I'll run them from the battery if that's the case.

Sorry for all the questions.
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Congrats! Yeah, I painted mine black also. I found a link that might help you out with some of the answers you're looking for...

How to: Replace Stock Horn(tC)

I didn't make a ground for it. I just used the metal bracket that holds the horns as a ground. (It's in the link.) And again I didn't use the relays. Just swapped out the old for the new. My lights do not dim. Or if they do, it's not noticable.
Old Jan 9, 2007 | 08:29 PM
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Cool, they should be in tomorrow so I'll get some pics



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