Horn a little wanting

[Matty80 Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Matty80]

Re: Horn a little wanting

I took out both of the factory fitted "tweeters" and installed a Stebel Compact, couldn't be happier with the result. Although, lately I have considered refitting one original just for the goodbye tap...

What i have found ammusing though is scaring the kids after they have gotten out of the car to move toys out of the way when i want to bring the car into the garage!
Its usually preceeded with a cheeky grin at the missus and a "watch this honey..." :twisted: :twisted:

[gumboot Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close gumboot]

After the feeble sounds that emmitted from the horn when someone tried to side swipe me, its time to upgrade.
Which horn did you buy mazza. Was this the one ?
http://store.onlineautoparts.com.au/...ring%20Harness

Hi all,

I bought both the horn and the plug-n-play wiring kit from http://www.onlineautoparts.com.au. They were by far the cheapest price I found and very prompt service. You can use the offer code "pradopoint" for a further discount.

As for the installation, I just removed the passenger-side OEM horn and screwed the Stebel straight on. There's heaps of room in front of the radiators. Then it was a simple task of running the plug-n-play wiring back to the battery, screwing the included relay onto an existing hole on the side of the engine bay and splicing the other wire onto the wire left dangling from where the OEM horn was (with the included splicer). All up - 15 minutes.

The benefit of replacing only one of the OEM horns is that if you just tap the horn (e.g. to say goodbye), the air horns don't have time to build up air and so you just get a discreet beep. If you lean on the horn for more than 1/2 a second, however, you see budgies falling out of the sky.

By the way, if you're not used to the little round clips that hold the big plastic shroud that's above the radiators, you just push the middle to release them. Then, once they're out, lift the longer of the four little tabs that surround the central barrel of the clip, and push the barrel back up so the middle disc is elevated above the rest of the clip. Now they're ready to re-install by putting them in the holes again and pushing the disc down so it's flush (don't push too hard or it'll go too far and you'll have to start again). Once you see it, you'll know what I mean.

Cheers,
Mazza

[wooley Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close wooley]

After the feeble sounds that emmitted from the horn when someone tried to side swipe me, its time to upgrade.
Which horn did you buy mazza. Was this the one ?
http://store.onlineautoparts.com.au/...ring%20Harness

That's what I have. It's an absolute cracker.

[gumboot Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close gumboot]

Thanks Wooley. I just ordered it.
BTW "Pradopoint" discount no longer works
Cheers

[flem100 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close flem100]

Hey all,

Just found this link on the web, looks like you can buy an upgraded horn OEM:

http://toyota.jp/dop/recommend/premiumhorn/index.html

[Skip Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Skip]

Couldnt stand the horns on the Prado, loved the horns on my Subaru Outback. Bought a couple Subaru horns from ebay for $9. They were a direct replacement, same brackets, same wiring plugs. Took 3mins to do and now the horns are tough as..... Good upgrade!

[Kjr85 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Kjr85]

I would have to agree that it needs an upgrade, gave mine a blast last week for the first time to test it out and had a quick look around to make sure no one noticed! New kit will be ordered today!