Anyone install a newer horn?

[ClayW]

I was thinking of switching to a newer, less wimpy horn. Has anyone done an upgrade?

[Napes]

I bought a nearly identical-to-stock pair of Hella horns from Griot's Garage (actually a Christmas present) and installed one in my ' 75 and one in my wife's ' 76. That match the stock Hellas on the driver's side and the mounting hole is already there on the passenger-side hood support upright. The new ones were red, so I spray-painted them satin black before installing. Twice the volumn of horn now, and people certain notice if I have to use 'em. They're $70 from Griots', so I think a search will turn up a slightly lower price somewhere.

Bob Napier

[Rick74]

I bought the PIAA Sport Horns from cj. They are great. Really loud, and simple to hook up. They are electric, not air, so you don't have to worry about mounting a compressor and running tubing. They are around $40 too.

[pkbinplano]

I have a pair of e30 horns I'll sell you, or just snag another 02 horn and wire it up so you have two horns. I did that, and two horns don't sound wimpy at all.

[c.d.iesel]

...with quartz head lights

go AIR HORNS!!!

from Sequehanna Motorsports, or many other import

car goodie sellers - go with the 3-horn set-up

or Hi / Low BMW - Mercedes-Benz Hella / Bosch horns

[robspeed]

i love airs. loud and if you just toot toot, can be a friendly sound. or if you lay on em, an angry wail! >:-D

[eastsidebimmer]

My '68 has dual (note?) Hella horns already, I think they are quite loud. Do later cars only have a single horn?

Ben

[Napes]

Ben; Both my ' 75 and ' 76 came with only one Hella horn. Maybe a cost saving item on the square-lite cars.

Bob Napier

[RandyMolson]

i love airs. loud and if you just toot toot, can be a friendly sound. or if you lay on em, an angry wail! >:-D

Yup...I love my airs too. A very Euro sound. I used the 3-horn Hella hit from http://www.rallylights.com. It had everything needed, except I added hose to mount the horns up front with the compressor mounted in the engine bay.

[FunElan]

what does the stock horn sound like? Mine is a typical beep beep that sounds like it's from the 50's.

[HBChris]

The newer red Hellas are very loud, slightly smaller than the originals, don't pay more than $12 each. Susquehanna has them. Matt, I can get them from a friend if you want, brand new.

[c.d.iesel]

and you can try adjusting your puny sounding

horn with the adjustment set screw to the loudest

volume - kinda like adjusting the point gap :

and air horns are avalible today from many vendors

for about the same price as 1966 !!!

A HUGE bargain for a great tooT!!

[02Les]

My '68 has dual (note?) Hella horns already, I think they are quite loud. Do later cars only have a single horn?

Ben

The dual horns were on my Touring when I got it in 1986. They are plenty loud enough. Both Hella & Bosch supplied BMW with one 400hz & one 335hx horn. These are still available (afaik) for around $50 each. They also appear on ebay from time to time, but usually in singles (hi or lo tone), and they are shaped sorta kinda like a horn.