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Post by dblanco on Jan 11, 2006 21:28:49 GMT -5
I just bought a replacement horn because I hated the way the stock horn sounded. It just wasn't loud enough. I went to a local auto parts store and bought a Fiamm Ultimate Blast compact air horn. It came with a relay, and while attempting to follow the directions, I think I blew a fuse or the celenoid(spelling???). So as of right now I have no horn because I must have shorted something when I wired it wrong. I guess my question is once I replace the celenoid or fuse or both, can't I just forget about the relay and attach the new horn to the positive and negative wires that were running to the stock horn? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Dave.
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Post by wv4x4 on Jan 12, 2006 7:20:55 GMT -5
Usually when I'm doing anything electrical I disconnect the battery which would have prevented anything from blowing. I'm not sure what the relay would be for but if they sent it with the horn I would install it. There is probably a reason they gave you the relay.
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Post by salyers890 on Jan 13, 2006 0:13:39 GMT -5
I did this also, minus the fuse blowing part. My understanding of the directions was that the relay was a retrofit for cars that had not previously been fitted with a relay (most if not all new cars have a horn relay, but my old 76 mg has an ALWAYS HOT line coming in through the firewall ). I just spliced a spade connector on the positive and negative wires of the horn and hooked it up, making sure the ground was good and it worked well.
if you can, uninstall the whole thing and see if the old horn works still (that'll tell you if you blew something). or if you want to do it the right way, hook up a multimeter set to the correct setting. if the old horn works, just splice a connector on the wire and connect the new horn. search the forums for my post on the horn for pics, we may have the same 30 dollar blaster horns from pep boyz or murrays - they still make me laugh every time I blast them.
if you did blow a fuse, check the fuse box first, then wait for other replies if there's no blown fuse.
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Post by dblanco on Jan 13, 2006 7:17:45 GMT -5
I looked in the owners manual, but wasn't able to determine which fuse goes to the horn. Does anyone happen to know?
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Post by dblanco on Jan 14, 2006 14:22:22 GMT -5
Well, I guess I'm not as dumb as I thought. It turned out that I blew a fuse when I tried to connect the supplied relay. The factory horn is already set up on a relay. All I had to do was connect the wires that were connected to the factory horn, to the new horn. Of course making sure that the positive and negative were connected properly. It sounds much better than that factory POS.
Dave
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Post by salyers890 on Jan 17, 2006 6:01:37 GMT -5
glad to hear everthing's good to go. happy beeping
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Post by dblanco on Jan 17, 2006 9:36:32 GMT -5
thanks for your help Salyers.
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Post by salyers890 on Jan 18, 2006 2:10:33 GMT -5
np - I think we have the same horns. do you think it's as hilarious as I do? (compared to the stock one of course).
people faces crack me up every time I honk
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Post by supajoshunlmtd on Feb 18, 2006 13:38:11 GMT -5
 Funny thing I ever seen was a guy pulled out a marine air horn out of his drivers window when he used the horn, guess he didnt have a car horn. 
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