On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:41:00 GMT, Matt Ion <soundy@moltenimage.com>
wrote:


>Hahaha, I love it
>
>> In looking around the www, I could only find one alternate horn, here:
>> http://www.eautoworks.com/html/searc...~Cars~Horn.htm
>> and I have no idea what it sounds like.
>> So, has anyone ever installed one of these, or some other alternative
>> to replace the horn provided. Any thoughts, input would help.
>> Now, a quick look at the car makes it look like getting at the horn
>> could be a real problem. I would look in my Service Manual, but Helm
>> doesn't have them, because Honda hasn't provided them, and Honda
>> Customer Service says they have no information on when the manual will
>> be available. So, has anyone been into that portion of the car. If
>> it will take major surgery, it may not be worth it.
>> Pity. Such a great car; such a crappy horn
>
>Any decent auto-parts store should have a wide range of replacement horns,
>including air horns - Schucks, Pep Boys, NAPA, Lordco, Canadian Tire... whatever
>is "native" to your area. Or go to a wrecker and pull a set of horns out of an
>old '64 Dodge or something. They're a pretty simple device - ground one side,
>apply power to the other side, and clean out the earwax. Just about any horn
>from any car should work (at worst you may need to add a relay), so find
>something that you like the sound of, and plop it in there. I got a little $30
>set of air horns from a liquidation store for my '87 Accord and they're GREAT!
>
>Sample link: http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductL...egorycode=3074

Being somewhat of a mechanical misfit, I guess I was looking for a
simple plug-in-a-different one approach. Looking at where the horn
is, I guess I'll leave my reverse engineering until the warranty dies
and I have no qualms about taking things apart.
But thanks to all.