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Old Apr 3, 2004 | 09:26 AM
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Quick Horn Question??

My Hella horns sound hella funny, I wired them up like it said in the Instructions for cars with two horns. I mounted them in the stock locations. Has anyone else done it this way or have pics of how they wired theirs? I read that the sound more manly, but mine don't.....maybe its just me and my perception of manly.
Old Apr 3, 2004 | 02:29 PM
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Did you run a ground wire for each horn?
Old Apr 3, 2004 | 05:16 PM
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No, I ran a wire from one to the other, then from the one up in the engine bay I ran a ground wire.
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I'm not sure if insufficient grounding would make them sound 'funny'. On my 2K2, both are mounted behind the grille so it was easy to ground them both. I don't remember if the instructions said to ground both of them.

Do each of your horns have a diffeent frequency? IIRC, mine are 300 and 500 hz.
Old Apr 3, 2004 | 06:55 PM
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No, I ran a wire from one to the other, then from the one up in the engine bay I ran a ground wire.

Are these the supertones? Mine are NUTTY loud though the pitch is still on the higher side.

My '03 has two seperate positive leads. I just made shoort jumpers for the grounds.

It sounds like you wired yours in series. Mine are defintely wired in parallel.

I just read the directions I have, and none of the diagrams show running a wire from one to another. Each have individual grounds and positive leads. If you wire them in series, I am pretty sure you effectively cut the wattage in half, so you'll get only 50% out of each.
Old Apr 3, 2004 | 10:59 PM
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They are louder then the stock but still has the wimpy sqeel, just louder. I guess I'll try grounding them seperately, see if that helps at all.
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