Wimpy horn - any replacement thoughts?

[jspitz]

Has anyone replaced the stock horns on their R51 Pathfinder yet? The horns on my '06 sound like they are from a Miata - not loud enough at 70 MPH on the freeway, and not gruff enough to get my point across to the dolts I seem to come across with increasing frequency. I think I read somewhere that the '05s only had a single horn, and are even less annoying!

As tempting as they may be, I don't want to bother with air horns. I'm thinking more along the lines of Hella Supertones, Compact Trumpets, or even some good old 1970's GM stuff. See http://www.rallylights.com/hella/horns.asp to get the idea.

Any thoughts? Am I crazy

[08Datsun]

You're right on with the 70's GM stuff. I took triple factory horns off of a '75 Caddy for my Wagoneer. My buddy got some triple factory horns off a similar 70's Lincoln. There were maybe $2-3 apiece at the wrecking yard. I still have the dual horns from the Waggie, but will probably hold out for some triples as they sound awesome.

[NVSteve]

I know you said you don't want to bother with air, but you could really scare the crap out of people and/or wildlife with one of these:

http://www.wolo-mfg.com/truck.htm

[Gray]

One of the loudest electric car horns that I've heard was in a 1991 (91-96 model) Buick Roadmaster, which sounded just like a truck air horn. Haha, my dad used to get particular joy in scaring the bejeezus out of slow moving vehicles driving on the inside lane from several hundred yards away.

Thanks for posting the thread, I'm going to see what might be available from the local wreckers.

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