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haha, ford guys...
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Visalia, CA
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How hard was is?
Cost? PICTURES!? |
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Old Heap Driver
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Newport News, Va
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
I have a pair on my truck, under the hood bolted to the core support (engine side). They are feed with a 1/4" line teed off from the tank pressure gauge. Electrical is supplied from the original horn power line. They have been a "blast", especially when a cell phone holding fool is driving half the speed limit or turns in front of me. A good friend of mine may still be in the middle of a side splitting laugh. A female driver with a death grip on her phone never looked, and turned directly in front of me, I hit the horns and her phone flew into the back seat as she reacted to the noise. Would have been a great you-tube video.
I'll try and get some pictures tomorrow.
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haha, ford guys...
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Visalia, CA
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
hahahahah!!!! yes please, pictures and price of install would be awesome.
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In the Forgotten far North.
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Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
I got a set too. Currently under the hood mounted to the firewall above the heater blower motor.Air tank & compressor mounted on the drivers side outer frame between the front/rear wheels. Got an air gauge from an old C60 in the lower left corner of my cluster.
I also installed a floor mounted dimmer switch to flip between the factory horns and the air horns.
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Salisbury, NC
Posts: 316
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
I have two air horns under the cab and I also have train horns mounted under the bed. The air horns came off a 18 wheeler where a buddy woks so they were free. The train horns cost $90 on ebay. I have a button on the dash for each and both have 3/8 lines.
I thought the air horns were fun until I installed the train horns. HAHAHA! |
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Squarebody Aficionado
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Miami, FL
Posts: 713
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
I have a set of real train horns mounted under the bed in my truck where the spare tire was, i have a 9 gallon tank with 2 viair 380s running 3/8 line. the horn has 3 valves on it so it has a blast of air coming out of it. I paid 700 bucks just for the horn, its a nathan air chimr k3la. so much fun scaring the **** out of people.
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Old Heap Driver
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Newport News, Va
Posts: 2,640
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
I'll get pictures later, mine came from this guy................
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Blemi...Q5fAccessories For the money I have zero complaints.
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Salisbury, NC
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: nc, mount airy
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
we need more pics
will i need a air tank for these kits? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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Old Heap Driver
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Newport News, Va
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
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Squarebody Aficionado
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Miami, FL
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
those are cool looking horns and the price looks even better, what kind of sound do they have? semi truck sounding, or do they sound like a freight train? I would love to see some pics of how you mounted them, they look the right size that you can mount them in a number of places.
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Old Heap Driver
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Newport News, Va
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
They have a tone i would describe as medium to high pitched. The best example I can think of is a full size Cadillac horn, but much much louder.
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great southern land
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: perth - australia
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
i do want....
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Old Heap Driver
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Newport News, Va
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
Excuse the dirt and dust..............
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haha, ford guys...
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Visalia, CA
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
i want some!!! uhh. just air lines and relayssss.. ggh
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Mesquite texas
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
I had some from harbor freight they sounded ok
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=40134
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
I'm interested to see if anyone has a somewhat hidden location for them. I have a nice set (not $1000 nice, but nice
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Salisbury, NC
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
My air horns are mounted on the outside of the frame on each side under the cab and don't hit the ground when dropped. My train horns are to bug to hide but they are behind the cab under the bed and can be seen in the opening in the bed floor(hope to hide them when I sheet metal the floor. Both sets of horns run off my air ride tank with 3/8 valves. Here is the only picture I have of my train horns, not really of the horns but the bed, they are on the right just under the battery box next to the air tank. I'll try to get some pictures of the air and train horns tomorrow.
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Ga.
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Salisbury, NC
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
HAHA! That's funny, sorry guys I've been to lazy to get pictures today I might do that in a few minutes.
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Dually Pride
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: NH
Posts: 540
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
some kid at school got a train horn he's trying to sett for $100, a real one, we put an air compressor quick disconnect on it and sat by the edge of a busy road messing with people
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Squarebody Aficionado
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Miami, FL
Posts: 713
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
here are the pics i finally got it finished now i just have to paint up underneathe the truck
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haha, ford guys...
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Visalia, CA
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
wow actual train horns!?
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Ridin' Dirty
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Ardrossan Alberta Canada
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
My little bro used to work for International, and scored me a nice truck horn. I stuck it behind my front bumper and ran an electric valve to my factory horn wire. I've noticed that if I honk with low air pressure, the valve sticks open for about 10 seconds.. DOH! Anyone know how to fix this short of plumbing a manual valve?
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Squarebody Aficionado
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Miami, FL
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Re: Whos sportn the air horns?
yeah its a nathan k3la like what they use on the amtrak around here. I got it on fleabay a few years back and it was worth every penny.
Mr. pops the electric valve shouldnt stick no matter what pressure you have, it should just click, maybe the coil in the valve is getting stuck try loosening the bolt on the top of the valve and see if that helps. You can replace the valve with a regular 12v air valve, just don't go too any bigger then 3/8" it will be really high pitched. |
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