Changing horn advice

[freenote]

Hi All,

My wife drives a Suzuki Swift sport which she loves. Only problem is she doesn't like the wimpy sound of the horn.

I've not changed a horn before. Does anyone have any advice on how easy to change and a horn that I can get for her?

Any help appreciated.

[Initforthemoney]

How often does she use it to be that bothered by it?

[MC Bodge]

freenote said:

Hi All,

My wife drives a Suzuki Swift sport which she loves. Only problem is she doesn't like the wimpy sound of the horn.

I've not changed a horn before. Does anyone have any advice on how easy to change and a horn that I can get for her?

Any help appreciated.

It is possibly a single high tone horn. You could add a low tone horn.

You can fit air horns or a set of louder dual diaphragm horns like Hella Suoertones.

Whatever you do, I would suggest using the existing horn wiring to trigger a relay with heavier cables directly from the battery powering the horns, through a 15A fuse.

Edited by MC Bodge on Saturday 28th September 23:10

[underwhelmist]

So you want advice on getting a horn for your wife?

[Mercury00]

Can we have a pic of her current hooter(s) before recommending alternatives?

On a serious note: my horn is st, at motorway speeds it's inaudible.

[Ilovejapcrap]

Yep mines crap as well on my swift beep beep.

A few people on owners club have added a extra horn.

May come up in google with a search !

[croyde]

Back in the 80s I had a big ol' Citroen CX2400 Pallas.

It had a city horn and a motorway horn as standard.

I fitted air horns to my dispatch bike. A Kawasaki Z550.

Lorries would leap out of the way when I used that thing

[untakenname]

Stebel do some compact 12v airhorns that make people jump especially when the car doesn't match the timbre of the horn.

[freenote]

Thanks all.

For those that have changed their own horn, is it simple plug and play or do I need to know about wiring? Not my strong point.

[freenote]

Initforthemoney said:

How often does she use it to be that bothered by it?

Happy wife happy life mate.

[normalbloke]

https://hornblasters.com

[Penelope Stopit]

freenote said:

Thanks all.

For those that have changed their own horn, is it simple plug and play or do I need to know about wiring? Not my strong point.

The chances are that the original wiring is not heavy enough to power/earth a second horn unless it's already there for one

If there is a horn relay in the circuit, connect another cable to that relay to power/earth the second horn

If there is no relay in the circuit, fit and wire one to power/earth both horns

[MC Bodge]

Penelope Stopit said:

The chances are that the original wiring is not loheavy enough to power/earth a second horn unless it's already there for one

If there is a horn relay in the circuit, connect another cable to that relay to power/earth the second horn

If there is no relay in the circuit, fit and wire one to power/earth both horns

It is possible that the wiring isn't adequate for the original horn. Thicker cable and a direct feed might make the OEM horn sound louder.

Where is the horn positioned? If it is behind the bumper it might be a bit muted. If you position the horn(s) behind the grille they might sound louder.

[Oldred_V8S]

Penelope Stopit said:

freenote said:

Thanks all.

For those that have changed their own horn, is it simple plug and play or do I need to know about wiring? Not my strong point.

The chances are that the original wiring is not heavy enough to power/earth a second horn unless it's already there for one

If there is a horn relay in the circuit, connect another cable to that relay to power/earth the second horn

If there is no relay in the circuit, fit and wire one to power/earth both horns

Even if you have a horn relay you should not assume the power cable into the relay can support two horns. You need to understand what current the two horns are going to pull, this is true whether you have a relay or not.

Having a relay, whilst a good move, does not remove the requirement to understand if the associated wiring is up to spec/good order.

[MC Bodge]

Oldred_V8S said:

Even if you have a horn relay you should not assume the power cable into the relay can support two horns. You need to understand what current the two horns are going to pull, this is true whether you have a relay or not.

Having a relay, whilst a good move, does not remove the requirement to understand if the associated wiring is up to spec/good order.

Agreed. I would use a relay and heavier cable regardless.

[The Wookie]

It's a japanese car, they all seem to have slightly mincy horns.

I fitted a set of these to my old Evo IX and it was a substantial improvement without sounding aftermarket/chav.

http://www.piaa.co.uk/lamps/lampshow.asp?ID=horn

I'm pretty sure it was the 400/500Hz option

[Penelope Stopit]

MC Bodge said:

Penelope Stopit said:

The chances are that the original wiring is not loheavy enough to power/earth a second horn unless it's already there for one

If there is a horn relay in the circuit, connect another cable to that relay to power/earth the second horn

If there is no relay in the circuit, fit and wire one to power/earth both horns

It is possible that the wiring isn't adequate for the original horn. Thicker cable and a direct feed might make the OEM horn sound louder.

Where is the horn positioned? If it is behind the bumper it might be a bit muted. If you position the horn(s) behind the grille they might sound louder.

There is more of a chance that the manufacturers wiring is heavy enough to power one horn, my reasoning being that manufacturers do build and test these circuits for functionality

No relay to be found for this cars horn circuit

Adding a cable to the horn relay would have solved the problem