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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 03:06 PM
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So, ive been lookin around online and i thought it would be a fun idea to see if i can toss some sort of loud distictively different horn on my blazer. when i came across air powered train horns, i basicly got a hard-on But, i'm not really to fond in the idea of having to have an additional air compressor just for the horn. Does anyone know of something similar to a train horn, but that can be carried off stock power?
 
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There's a jackwad in my neighborhood who drives around at night tooting his 'train horn' and if I ever get the chance, I promise I will put it out of my misery with a .45 slug.
 
Old Dec 1, 2010 | 06:17 PM
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I got something similiar as the links above on my Sierra, actually two sets of them. I wanted something simple without the hassle of a compressor also. They are as loud as those hand held air horns, although mines four times the noise...

 
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I had ones like that too, they aren't really much louder than the stock horn they are just more annoying, and then you get the funny looks from people when you honk at them. It gets old after a while and mine ended up breaking because they were made of plastic.
 
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looks like one with a air compressor for around 189$++++ is going to be the best bet for a good loud one.
http://www.trainhornexpress.com/v/vs...Horn_PAGE.html
 

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yea if you are looking to get a train horn its better to spend the money on something right than buying some crappy little thing that just sounds stupid... If I were you I'd hook the horns up to a switch and NOT your stock horn. Road rage + annoying horn = disaster
 
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stay away.... trust me.... Princess auto sells umm, and a liquidation place locally. paid 15 bucks for the 2nd link and it sucks.... worst 15 buck I've put into my f250...
 
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if you want annoying plastic air horn stick with the can ones. they are louder and they don't make your truck sound stupid
 
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We actually had a customer come in today who bought these. >> Air Horn.
He didn't have it hooked up yet, unfortunately. But it's rated at 135 db, and looks easy enough to install.
 



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