Toyota Premium Horns installed

Sounds like my old '66 Mustang.

Keith

 

How much was it?

 

I am interested also , Do you have a link to order them?

 

I also would like to find a place to order these. My current horn on my Gen II is weak. Thanks

 

I did some digging and found this source for Toyota Premium Horns:

http://http://www.sigmaautomotive.com/horns/horns.php

 

Cool, not too bad on the price...

So how does one install it?

 

Judging from the stats, recording and picture, I suspect that the Premium Horns sound a lot like the Camry horns (same lower tone), but are louder than both the Camry and Prius horns because, unless I'm wrong, the Premium Horns are a disc and trumpet design while the Camry and Prius horns are a disc design.

 

I'm expecting big things! Looking forward to the pics.

 

installed the premium horns today. installed from the top as suggested. pretty easy install, i used the existing factory location but bent the metal on the new horns so there would be no interference with the front bumper. i clipped the tie downs on the factory harness to allow the existing factory wires to reach. then zip tied them to keep them from flopping around.

great sounding horns and very loud.

 

Great. Mine are sitting here waiting to be installed right now. Hopefully it will go as smooth for me. Thanks

 

I installed mine last night also, and I had a pretty smooth go of it. I found the stock locations worked fine and I only had to make two minor modifications:

1. On the driver's side (left) horn, I removed the metal bracket from the stock horn and put it on the new horn. The stock bracket was about 1/2" longer, which allowed the new horn to fit almost like the original. The only difference was that the horn mounted at a different rotation, due to the location of the little bump that keeps the horn from rotating on the bracket.

The difference in rotation made the factory wiring just a bit too short, so:

2. I used the harness included with the kit to fashion an extension cable. I clipped off the long wire, so I ended up with a 25cm wire with a female plug on one end and a male on the other. I used that to connect the factory harness to the driver's side (left) horn. It was more extension than I really needed (5cm would have more than sufficed), so I bundled the extra against the factory harness and secured it with a cable tie.

That was it. Otherwise, the horns were a direct bolt-in replacement. I did not have to bend brackets or anything else. I reused the existing bolts. I went in from the top, as others suggested, which gave me just enough room to get my hands in. The bolts were still blind though, and there wasn't much room for a wrench swing, so I would not call it easy - it required a bit of mechanical experience, or at least comfort level.

They do sound fantastic, although it is a bit incongruous to hear such a big sound come from such a little car. Pretty notes though and I'm very glad I put them in. My neighbors, not so much... I couldn't stop testing them

 

It sounds (sorry, no pun intended) as though these installations haven't provided an opportunity for picture-taking. I'm hoping I am wrong about that, though -- please post any pics that might help future installations.

I'm not that mechanically experienced, AND I don't read Japanese!

 

Booo for the bad pun Unfortunately correct though - it was not well lit, no good angles and all the hands involved (mine and assistants) were very much busy at the time. Sorry. If it's any consolation, the included instructions were not particularly necessary, so you won't need to read Japanese. You just look at the old horns, look at the new horns, and do it up... far from the toughest mod I've ever done.

As a side note (there, we're even), a 12mm ratcheting end wrench would have been nice to have. I never thought I'd actually want a ratcheting end wrench - always swore they were silly - but this job would have been a couple minutes faster with one.