Train Horn

[dmathews]

Has anyone or does anyone know how to hook up a train horn to your explorer, I have seen it on youtube and would love to do that to mine or are the airhorns that you buy as loud but i doubt it.

 

[NYMount21]

Check out HORNBLASTERS.COM --- they are definitely louder than life lol. I don't have personal experience hooking one up, but they are a good deal of work I can tell you. You need a rather expensive, rather large setup including a large compressor, air-tight tubing, and a good set of trumpets. I've always wanted a train horn myself, but never could afford a setup, good luck

 

[dmathews]

They was the ones with the vids on youtube. The scaring would be great and would never get old. I was thinking of going to a local junkyard and just taking the horn off of a old semi bc that would be alot cheaper but probably wouldnt be as loud.

 

[BigBoom]

i have some on mine i absolutely love them. had them for around 3 or so years and still going strong. very loud and never get old. people tell me to honk my horn all the time. i've been followed a couple times lol. but i have a 3 liter tank in the back of my explorer. air tube ran through a lil hole and the horns are mounted where my spare tire goes. they kinda stick out, but i think mostly due to the fact that i have no bumper (long story ) but! i kinda like it that way. i get more attention that way.

but i have the compressor/airtank hooked up to a constant 12v supply, and the horns i have jumped off my factory horn. so i honk it normally and it'll go off. not really hard at all. i just had to take the battery and battery tray out to get to the factory horn. the 3 liter tank is good for about a 5-10 second solid honk. i can take pics of the horns themselves if you'd like. and maybe a lil audio clip so you can hear them. i bought them from ebay, and they're not shabby by any means.

 

[Shen2187]

Compressor, tank, air lines, junkyard horns. It's not that difficult or expensive.

 

[dmathews]

how much did it all cost off of ebay, I was going to a local junk yard to take it all off and would be cheap that way.

 

[BigBoom]

this is the same compressor/tank i have.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Long...rQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories#ht_4375wt_939
but i have 3 horns instead of 4. and it cost about that same price, in that range. are you for sure junk yards would have one that you're thinking of? if i junked my car, i'd definitely take it with me.

EDIT: just for visual reference...these are the same horns i have
http://cgi.ebay.com/Train-Air-Horn-...1e55671ef0&_trksid=p4999.c0.m14#ht_4960wt_939

 

[dmathews]

well thats a little more expensive then i have right now. If i got it from a junkyard it would be off of a semi or something like that, they should have the compressor and all the other stuff that i need.

 

[Shen2187]

I could go out to the junkyard and pull a pair off of a boat right now lol... maybe your junkyards don't have boats...

 

[Rofocowboy84]

They was the ones with the vids on youtube. The scaring would be great and would never get old. I was thinking of going to a local junkyard and just taking the horn off of a old semi bc that would be alot cheaper but probably wouldnt be as loud.

Do you enjoy pissing people off? Seriously, aren't you the one that put HID bulbs in stock headlights and then laugh when they flash you because they think your highbeams are on? If I was walking on the sidewalk and someone honked a train horn right next to me, something would be going through their window...

 

[BigBoom]

as long as they have all the main parts, the fittings/tubes/wires would be easy to get. should work out

 

[dmathews]

The horn is no big deal as far as scaring people, I can understand the HIDs in the stock housing bc that blinds people and they can not see where they are going but the horn is just something stupid, no one is getting hurt by it

 

[BigBoom]

most states it's illegal as well. what i did to mine tho was just hook it to a toggle switch so it was on when i wanted, and off when i wanted