Horns of a dilemma

[EcoAuto]

The horn in my '75 02 sounds pathetically weak. I'd like to replace it but wondering which of the 5 available horn options listed in RealOEM.com I might want to go with. Living in Montana, horns are mostly useful for yelling at stray cows to get off the road. There are different models from Hella, Bosch, Fiamm at different frequencies - 510 Hz, 410 Hz, 335 Hz. Any horn experts out there who know the pros and cons of the various offerings (or with a link to an FAQ on the subject)?

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=2214&mospid=47140&btnr=61_1128&hg=61&fg=40

[John_in_VA]

Check eBay or Amazon for other deals:

http://www.rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID=938

[roadhog0]

I have a set of Fiamm Air horns on my car to keep people, animals, and the like out of my way. My fiamms are from 1976 but the Harbor freight ones are pretty close. Love using them in Seattle

[Harv]

I have Hella Supertones on my 2002. And as I have never used them on the street, they are very loud and european sounding.

John

[c.d.iesel]

have them in all my cars & truckette

a bargain!

http://www.rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID=407

[BarryA]

intact Fiamm horn set in a wrecking yard - I've picked up multiple sets from Pick & Pull for prices between $10 & $30, and every one has been in good working order (last set I got came off a '75).

[SteveJ]

Stupid name, great horn = Wolo Bad Boy. It's a compact designdual air horn. The trumpets are formed around the compressor body. Nice and small. I mounted mine behind the vertical hood support behind the grill.

Shop around. They show up at Harbor Freight for $30 sometimes.

[flyingjolly]

and european sounding.

John

how does europe sound?

[Mike Self]

time ago, the smaller the car, the louder the horns need to be. My air horns came in handy when I drove my Renault 4CV to Mexico City in 1967--down there, the loudest horn wins at intersections!

mike

[BDB]

and european sounding.

John

how does europe sound?

I had them. They sound tin-ny, not deep, bass-like like american cars. fiamm horns struck a good balance between both and are loud and cheap

[Harv]

and european sounding.

John

how does europe sound?

Well..... the horn is one continuous sound, but it makes me think of European cop cars... deee do dee do....

Also like the alert sounds played as Steve McQueen came into the pits in his 917.

Ah, the sounds of europe.

John

[SteveJ]

... deee do dee do....

Wolo also makes one they call the Turkey Warbler.

They have sound bites on their website wolo-mfg.com. If anything, the sound bites are fun to annoy your coworkers for a few minutes.

[02Les]

I have the Hi/Lo tone Fiamm pair (510/410) and they are loud.

Much better than the single horn type.

[Beaner7102]

I'm glad I'm not the only one to ask about horns.

See my post:

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,57/page,viewtopic/t,304533/start,0/postdays,0/postorder,asc/highlight,honk%2Bhorn/

CD has some nice comments about the different frequencies and how to give them a tune-up.

Beaner7102

[EcoAuto]

That's excellent archived information. Thanks! Just what I was hoping for.