Loudest Horn Available ?

[Magnetic]

I'm really fed up with people darting right in front of me when making turns at stoplights causing me to slam on my brakes and really want a horn that will send a CLEAR and DISTINCT message. (Super loud like a boat or train horn) Anyone have any experience with loud horns?

Would love to let em have it when they do this.

 

[Clint Beastwood]

As loud as your horn seems to you, a lot of newer cars are so well noise isolated that it's not really that loud to other people unless their window is down. There are a couple of horn threads here, and I think on the FiestaST subreddit - but it might not make that much of a difference. If you're in AZ it's probably a lot like SoCal, usually hot so everyone has their windows up and AC on, so they won't really hear you anyways.

 

[Magnetic]

As loud as your horn seems to you, a lot of newer cars are so well noise isolated that it's not really that loud to other people unless their window is down. There are a couple of horn threads here, and I think on the FiestaST subreddit - but it might not make that much of a difference. If you're in AZ it's probably a lot like SoCal, usually hot so everyone has their windows up and AC on, so they won't really hear you anyways.

That's why I'm looking for something ridiculously loud. Something so loud it'll get through their heads LoL

There's got so be some commercial grade monster out their that will do the job. HaHa

 

[Clint Beastwood]

That's why I'm looking for something ridiculously loud. Something so loud it'll get through their heads LoL

There's got so be some commercial grade monster out their that will do the job. HaHa

You can install a compressor and air horns, but again the affect on someone in a newer even mild luxury car will be totally immune to it. People in big diesel trucks probably won't hear either, since they've got so much noise insulation just to avoid diesel sounds.

 

[CarGuy]

Train horn?

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[Magnetic]

Train horn?

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Yes, I would def consider it if that's what it took. Would just set it up with it's own switch so locking the car wouldn't blast it.

 

[Clint Beastwood]

Yes, I would def consider it if that's what it took. Would just set it up with it's own switch so locking the car wouldn't blast it.

So much funnier if you left it lol.

I'd be worried about the amp load of a train horn.

 

[XR650R]

There are air horns for cars with little air compressors. I don't know anything about them, but they're supposed to be loud.

 

[Magnetic]

There are air horns for cars with little air compressors. I don't know anything about them, but they're supposed to be loud.

Yeah something like that would be great. Not sure what the draw from the battery would be but if it's safe def on the table.

 

[SteveS]

I used a set of air horns with a little compressor on my 1978 Fiesta because the original horn failed after about 2 years. It was a little bitty paper cone speaker in a metal housing. They were quite loud, but there is a delay between when you press the button and they make sound.

 

[Zormecteon]

I have one of these in "the red thing"... Needs it's own fuse cause it draws 18 amps..It'll scare the crap out of anyone nearby.

https://www.amazon.com/Stebel-Nauti...=1&keywords=stebel+horn&qid=1633623695&sr=8-3

 

[Magnetic]

I have one of these in "the red thing"... Needs it's own fuse cause it draws 18 amps..It'll scare the crap out of anyone nearby.

https://www.amazon.com/Stebel-Nauti...=1&keywords=stebel+horn&qid=1633623695&sr=8-3

This wont pull too much power to were it will hurt that battery or electrical system? Does it have its own switch?

 

[Zormecteon]

Hasn't hurt a thing yet. .. but besides the dedicated circuit, USE A RELAY so that the horn switch powers the relay and the relay powers the horn.

Also you'll be fine as long you don't LAY on the horn, just honk it.

 

[Woods247]

I'm really fed up with people darting right in front of me when making turns at stoplights causing me to slam on my brakes and really want a horn that will send a CLEAR and DISTINCT message. (Super loud like a boat or train horn) Anyone have any experience with loud horns?

Would love to let em have it when they do this.

This is why I have extremely bright Baja Designs driving lights and 35W HID headlight bulbs. They see me now.

 

[CarGuy]

This is why I have extremely bright Baja Designs driving lights and 35W HID headlight bulbs. They see me now.

Great, another driver blinding everyone...

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[Woods247]

Great, another driver blinding everyone...

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Yep! HIDs in my car aren’t 1/2 as bright as the OEM LEDs in two of my other cars. I live within lots of elevation change too so everyone is blinded by everyone, yet no one crys about it. But this is the internet soooo I was expecting a dipshit comment like this. Carry on with the train horn search.

 

[CarGuy]

Yep! HIDs in my car aren’t 1/2 as bright as the OEM LEDs in two of my other cars. I live within lots of elevation change too so everyone is blinded by everyone, yet no one crys about it. But this is the internet soooo I was expecting a dipshit comment like this. Carry on with the train horn search.

Speaking of dipshit comments...brightness isn't the issue as much a light scatter from putting an LED bulb in a halogen housing. It disperses glare everywhere so while your factory LEDs in your other vehicles may be twice as bright they don't distribute light down the road the same because they were engineered to work in that housing. SMH

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[Woods247]

Speaking of dipshit comments...brightness isn't the issue as much a light scatter from putting an LED bulb in a halogen housing. It disperses glare everywhere so while your factory LEDs in your other vehicles may be twice as bright they don't distribute light down the road the same because they were engineered to work in that housing. SMH

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Duh! That’s my goal.

 

[Woods247]

“Can ya seem me? Am I clear to ya?” TuPac Shakur

When combined with the OEM horn and my intolerance for (you know), they’re very effective. Be warned though, you will be HIGHLY visible to other drivers.

 

[CarGuy]

“Can ya seem me? Am I clear to ya?” TuPac Shakur
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When combined with the OEM horn and my intolerance for (you know), they’re very effective. Be warned though, you will be HIGHLY visible to other drivers.

Did you enable the Daytime Running Light feature to be more visible during the day too? I did because I have a Spirit Blue color which is quite dark and of course small since it's a Fiesta.

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