Hella trumpet horns, Honk if you’re horny… Options

[chmillman]

Thinking about replacing my stock horns with something like these (Hella T24):

https://www.amazon.de/HELLA-Frequenzbereich...urce=1&th=1

Various sites seem to indicate they will (physically) fit… They pull 72W each! So 12A total. The horn fuse is 16A, but it also runs the two 55W accessory driving lights in the bumper, which in my Euro spec car go on with the high beams. So imagine driving with the high beams on and having to honk… Only momentary, but that’s like a 21-22A draw thru that fuse. I guess in order to avoid this possibility, I am going to need an additional fuse and relay… Hmmm.

[chmillman]

So I finally installed a set of Hella Twin Tone horns. They do fit in the space but there was a bit of work to do. The instructions that came with them said to absolutely not touch the nut that mounts the bracket to the horn or the sound might be affected. So I carefully bent the brackets and made standoffs to re-orient the horn so it would fit behind the grille.





They definitely sound great - no longer a "beep" and much more like a "honk". Still does not quite rival the horns on my '57 T-Bird - one thing I can say about her is she has great honkers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

I don't know what the original horns for a 914 were like - the ones I took off the car look too new to be original - and they are both the same tone.