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      New twin disc horns installed

      Couple weeks ago, in the middle of a freezing rain storm, I got pushed off the road by a tractor trailer. I was lucky there was plenty of shoulder and then an up coming exit ramp for me to make my get away. He obviously couldn't/didn't see me. Maybe because of the storm. maybe because my factory headlights are very fogged over. Maybe he was distracted by something else. I wasn't in the cab, so I don't know. I've ordered some new headlight housings, and will be installing them as soon as I get them. I will also be adding some true fog lights to the car to ensure I'm seen in foul weather, especially with all the fog we have been getting here in Central Texas (hill country). That should take care of the visuals. But I was laying on my horn, and he clearly couldn't hear me either. So I went looking to upgrade it too. I've installed the mini air horns on a few of my past vehicles, and was considering it, but I came across a set of twin horns that were supposed to be much louder than stock and looked to be "plug and play". So I ordered them.



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      This is the set. No real instructions, but there was a small catalog with a sort of wiring layout to give you an idea of how its meant to be installed. The twin horns. A relay wiring harness. And some zip ties.
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      Here is the patient, and a pic of where the factory horns sits, behind the little grill.
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      Here is the little factory horn; removed.
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      Here we have a side by side size comparison of the factory horn vs one of.the new horns.
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      Its much easier to.install with headlights removed.
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      The ground on this harness is relatively short. But I found a good ground just inside the engine bay behind the radiator. And there is a tab just to the left of the factory horn mounting position that seems like it was made for the relay mount. Then there is a channel that runs through the bumper cover just in front of where the horns are mounted. So perfect For running the harness through that you almost don't have to secure it, but I still did.
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      So these are the plugs that are supposed to plug into the factory harness. And of course its not so plug and play. Once you remove the factory plug, you can see what you have to work with.
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      Here is my harness extensions to connect to the factory harness.
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      The next challenge comes from the fact that the 2nd set of plugs for the 2nd horn are way to short to reach across the to the far side of the grill where we have a place that looks made for the 2nd horn mount. So I had to build some harness extensions.




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