The single horn on my VMC Speedster sounds really feeble when activated. Has anyone added a second horn to their VMC Speedster and if so, did it require an additional relay?
Thanks!
Jason
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I'd put them both on a single relay - no need for 2. I changed ones on my newish Miata - they must be from a Vespa --- meep-meep! I used Hella Supertones in their place.
Hey Jason, there are many ways to upgrade your horn.
I kept my stock beep-beep horn to use as 'Courtesy' beep. I added an air horn for use as 'Hey WTF!!' beep. These horns are available at most any automotive parts store for about $35. I've posted this several times but here is a short video of my horn comparison.
Speedster Horn.mp4 from Jim Ignacio on Vimeo.
...and here is a basic schematic for hooking up the air horn.
I hope you find this info useful!
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Hello Musbjim and WOLFGANG, thank you for the excellent recommendations and schematic!
Jason
I like Jim's idea of two horns since so many people wave at us or you want to wave at someone else. You get the meep meep gentle horn and the, as Jim calls it, WTF horn. I don't like the idea of two horn buttons since in a panic mode you will likely not remember the WTF horn button is under the dash. You might, or you might not.
Screaming Banshee makes the Shockwave horn which is a gentle meep meep horn when you press the horn button momentarily AND it's a WTF horn if you hold the same horn button down a little bit longer.
Years ago I did that on my car. Got a Hella 356 Hi/Lo horn replacement set from Sierra Madre Collection (Bosch is unaffordable) and used a single relay from Advance Auto Parts. I also fashioned horn brackets (so that I could align the horns right in front of the grilles like on the original cars) out of some scrap powder coated metal parts I had laying around.
@MusbJim posted:Hey Jason, there are many ways to upgrade your horn.
I kept my stock beep-beep horn to use as 'Courtesy' beep. I added an air horn for use as 'Hey WTF!!' beep. These horns are available at most any automotive parts store for about $35. I've posted this several times but here is a short video of my horn comparison.
Speedster Horn.mp4 from Jim Ignacio on Vimeo.
...and here is a basic schematic for hooking up the air horn.
I hope you find this info useful!
The air horn sounds totally Italian (Whaddareyougonnado? Eh?!) 