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Old Jan 20, 2005
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wiring 2 horns

I've seen in the DIY there was 2 horns hooked up, I bought an aftermarket horn and it said its made to replace stock and be ran by itself, so what would happen if I ran 2 horns? would it just draw twice as much power, and possibly blow the fuse? or would it only run half power?
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Old Jan 21, 2005
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i would try this in the tech forum, i believe there is a diy for 2 hella horns out there
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i have 2 horns.. stock and a dual airhorn.. if yer aftermarket one came with a relay.. just follow the instructions... basicly you just tap into the wire for the stock horn.. connect that to the relay.. connect the horn +/- to the relay.. run a 12v+ from the fusebox to the relay... then ground ground it all out to the frame..

it sounds sorta retarded with two horns.. but i like it.. the airhorn has like a 1second delay cuz the compressor has to build.. but its nice cuz i can chirp the stock horn without the airhorn making any noise.. or i can lay on it and make them both blow..

if i remember correcly the wiring goes something like this

red=+
black=-
1 stick horn with a positive 12v going into it.. it grounds straight to the frame through the mounting bolt
2air compressor ground to the frame
3 the relay
4fusebox under the hood it has 2 nice hookups you can bolt to.. i think i threw a 20 fuse on that line just for kicks..
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yea my question was just is it doable.. I would just splice the power wire and ground it same as stock.. I have an aftermarket horn now but i was originally going to put that + stock, but I just replace it cause the horn i bought said it was meant to REPLACE and it made me think I should only run one.. so basically I was just wondering if anything goes wrong (fuses blowning, etc) if you splice it..

so im assuming thats a no, and just go ahead and wire up to horns
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Old Jan 24, 2005
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does this mean we have to take the bumper back off You should get the ones inanimatecarbonrod has. His is for sure louder than even two combined.
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i can now get my bumper off in under 2 minutes..

if yer lookin for a air horn i think they will all require a second power source.. but the only real place to mount it is like 2 feet from the fuse box so thats easy.. if yer lookin at the electric horns that look like the stock ones.. i think those dont need a second power supply...

i havent had any problems with blowing fuses
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