Probably not but the problem with this current horn is that it's essentially missing a whole register and sounds "whimpy" and not necessarily a noise that we associate as a "horn." I've thought a many of times of doing this upgrade but it should easily be programmable for this?
Hi @Nuclianba
Yeah, I figured as much. The moisture getting into the horn from the front may also be an issue with an aftermarket fitment not making a good seal up there as well. You did a very nice job with the video as well as the harness creation. Getting access to the factory wire harness, I might consider using a wire stripper to expose enough bare copper on the original wire to solder and "Tee" in directly followed by a good electrical tape wrap rather than trying to figure out how to get shrink wrap there. Then using some simple spade connectors for the new horn makes the whole thing 90% the cost of the horn only. The big "if" is if there is enough room to get my soldering iron in the area to make the solder joints properly. I wonder if there might be other areas to mount the horn for more of a direct and unencumbered blast? Once in there you could wire it wherever you want to go. Thanks again! I'm glad to have joined the forum!
Yeah, I figured as much. The moisture getting into the horn from the front may also be an issue with an aftermarket fitment not making a good seal up there as well. You did a very nice job with the video as well as the harness creation. Getting access to the factory wire harness, I might consider using a wire stripper to expose enough bare copper on the original wire to solder and "Tee" in directly followed by a good electrical tape wrap rather than trying to figure out how to get shrink wrap there. Then using some simple spade connectors for the new horn makes the whole thing 90% the cost of the horn only. The big "if" is if there is enough room to get my soldering iron in the area to make the solder joints properly.
I was thinking the same. That would also eliminate the very noticable delay between the two.
Think about how it is currently used. Likely not designed to have enough energy and amplification. A cheap off-the-shelf horn from a supplier like Hella, that probably cost less than $4 per unit to produce, is far more cost effective and durable than redesigning that sound system to include functions of a horn.
Because, AFAIK, there is no such thing as single-unit electro-mechanical horn that can emit two tones simultaneously.
It’s a kit. And still has two horns. Watch the video that shows an unboxing.
That about sums up my interest in adding the port.
To be clear, I did solder all my joints, I just used the shrink to cover the connections. So I did get down into the frunk bay with my iron to solder directly on the harness to add my connector, you can do it...I just didn't (and don't) have confidence that elec tape would be there long term, survive a giant rain storm or puddle splash or whatever. And connectors were cheap so I went that route to allow easy changeout or whatever. I guess elec tape would be pretty protected in that part of the truck but also I theoretically could ford a river so...
That was my original plan but I quickly bailed....the problem is access there sucks. It wasn't obvious to me that the second horn plug is a knockout, and you can't really get at it through the front grill without risking busting it up, and from the backside its pretty boxed in by the radiator. Getting the frunk out and off was one thing, its pretty easy, but I didn't want to start disassembling the whole front end to change a horn out. So I put it where it fit and called it a day. I may look again in a couple days, I bought a second horn at 330Hz which I'm going to try out as well, see if I like the 330/400 combo more than 400/500, but first go-around it looked like a no-go without more significant interventions
That’s a bummer, but good to know.
