I was snooping around my local Harbor Freight this morning and spotted a couple of different aftermarket car horns and it got me thinking. My stock Fiero horn is pretty wimpy. Has anyone fitted a louder more noticeable horn to their car? We have small and low cars so maybe a more visibly audible horn would be a good idea. Maybe a horn from a bigger GM car?
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I wasn't wanting to put an air horn on I was thinking more along the lines of a GM horn from a bigger vehicle like maybe my Chevy Venture. I wonder if there are any that would be plug and play?
Advance Auto sells a high and low pair of horns that hae been reported to be the same as the Delorean horns. I have a pair on my 87 and they have been loud enough every time I needed them. Plug and Play.
Advance Auto sells a high and low pair of horns that hae been reported to be the same as the Delorean horns. I have a pair on my 87 and they have been loud enough every time I needed them. Plug and Play.
Advance Auto sells a high and low pair of horns that hae been reported to be the same as the Delorean horns. I have a pair on my 87 and they have been loud enough every time I needed them. Plug and Play.
I see a lot of horns listed do you happen to recall which model you are referring to? Thanks
Some will probably say that they're plastic and won't last, but I've had mine for years and they still work fine. They may not last long in the big cities where people use their horn more often than their brakes, though.
They use spade connectors just like our horns and both can be mounted together so you don't need to run another wire for cars previously equipped with only 1 horn. They also can be mounted on the original Fiero mounting bracket.
Last fall I replaced my Fiero horns with two that I got off of a 04 Grand Prix in the local pic-n-pull. I did it for the same reason, I didn't like the wimpy foreign roadster sound and didn't feel safe either. It was nice to keep it in the Pontiac family too. They sound really nice and didn't cost more than $5. If I remember correctly the wire colors were even the same after all these years. It was a simple and elegant solution.
The '84 to '87 two tone horns are pretty piercing. If they've gone weak, try turning the little screw on the housing when the power is on. That changes the tone & volume...
The '88 single tone is lame for sure. I added an '87 low tone horn and it now produces a good blast.
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Try some working horns from the early 60's. They must of had horn wars back then. A 65 Plymouth Fury horn is guaranteed to scare the driver himself and my 60 Pontiac can still be a bit unnerving when I unintentionally bump the horn ring.
I have Delorean horns on the Fiero. Plug & Play.
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