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Old 11-13-2008, 06:36 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Louder horn and a pedstrian horn...

Long story short, my low note horn has been busted for about a year.

I got a cheap little horn off of a Honda Spree and installed it until I could find a inexpensive, loud horn to replace it.

Today, I Installed the new horn I bought, and put the Honda Spree horn in the rear bumper.

It's been discussed on here before to mount a bicycle horn or something to honk at pedestrians, or in situations when you need to do a up-close honk, just to let someone else know that you are there... but I think I am the first to actually do it.

Here is a video of the new horn up front:
http://www.youtube.com/v/RYGnyVRDE04

And a video of the rear horn:
http://www.youtube.com/v/xSVz-Pli_2Y

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Old 11-13-2008, 09:50 PM   #2 (permalink)
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That's awesome. Such a happy go lucky friendly sounding horn.

AND! You can use it to honk backwards at idiots who drive up to your rear bumper when you're stopping to parallel park!
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exactly! although I have to be extra careful with parallel parking since I don't have reverse lights. My lighting system is a mangle of wires right now... not much is working correctly... but that's another forum.

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Excellent idea, Sean! I use my horn to 'beep' more than honk, so something like this would be handy. I pulled up to a light today next to a friend's mom, and tried to beep to her, but the car was cold so the airbag cover was stiff; I accidentally gave her a very angry sounding honk. A little embarrassing lol

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