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| Root_Werks |
 Mar 26 2026, 12:30 PM
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Village Idiot  Group: Members Posts: 8,925 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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Bought my current 914 6 years ago and the horn never worked. Finally got around to figuring out why yesterday.
Long story short: Nothing hacked (thank goodness!), still uses the factory relay. Steering column was converted to 924 or MK1 giving me intermittent wipers, accessory position etc. PO simply never took the wire from the horn button and plugged it to the relay. Problem solved, except, my horn sounds like a dying Goose, it's terrible. Thought about the Hella Supertone red horns, found an older thread where folks seem to like them and they bolt right up. http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=309534 Any other bolt-in options people like? I have a single horn, but could install a dual system. -Dan |
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| Chad911sc |
Mar 26 2026, 12:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 284 Joined: 24-September 24 From: Florida Member No.: 28,374 Region Association: South East States |
I bought a set of those Hella super tones for my 69 subie swap VW bug a couple years back. They were a very high tone and not as loud as my single horn on the 914. Not masculine at all. I ended up not using them. They are the same size as the 914 though, and would bolt in easily.
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| 914werke |
Mar 26 2026, 12:50 PM
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"I got blisters on me fingers" Group: Members Posts: 11,601 Joined: 22-March 03 From: USofA Member No.: 453 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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In early bumpered cars the depth behind the bumper is the limiting factor for horn options.
IMO when you have a correctly operating OE Hi-Lo tone horn setup its plenty loud! I forget if your car is equipped with BUB's or not. |
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| Root_Werks |
Mar 26 2026, 01:35 PM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,925 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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QUOTE(914werke @ Mar 26 2026, 11:50 AM)  In early bumpered cars the depth behind the bumper is the limiting factor for horn options. IMO when you have a correctly operating OE Hi-Lo tone horn setup its plenty loud! I forget if your car is equipped with BUB's or not. @914werke BUB's, if you have a set of dual horns, maybe the easiest option? Lemme know. |
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| chmillman |
Mar 26 2026, 01:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 365 Joined: 15-June 24 From: Switzerland Member No.: 28,183 Region Association: Europe
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I was able to fit a pair of HELLA Twin Tone trumpet horns behind my ‘74 bumper with my own hardware. They are not louder than the originals, but do have a nicer tone. But if you want louder, I think you have to mount some air-type horns somewhere else…
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| friethmiller |
Mar 26 2026, 02:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,202 Joined: 10-February 19 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 22,863 Region Association: Southwest Region
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Dan,
For both of my 914s I've purchased original, reconditioned horns from AA. |
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| friethmiller |
Mar 26 2026, 02:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,202 Joined: 10-February 19 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 22,863 Region Association: Southwest Region
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| porschetub |
Mar 26 2026, 03:05 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,054 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Root_Werks @ Mar 27 2026, 07:30 AM) Bought my current 914 6 years ago and the horn never worked. Finally got around to figuring out why yesterday. Long story short: Nothing hacked (thank goodness!), still uses the factory relay. Steering column was converted to 924 or MK1 giving me intermittent wipers, accessory position etc. PO simply never took the wire from the horn button and plugged it to the relay. Problem solved, except, my horn sounds like a dying Goose, it's terrible. Thought about the Hella Supertone red horns, found an older thread where folks seem to like them and they bolt right up. http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=309534 Any other bolt-in options people like? I have a single horn, but could install a dual system. -Dan My roller didn't come with horns so because I had them I used mk3 VW Golf ones ,free,loud compact and bolted straight on ,the other good thing is they use waterproof 2 pin plugs which I cut of the VW horn loom, they were easy to adapt. Cheers. |
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| bkrantz |
Mar 26 2026, 08:57 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,638 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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I went with Hellas. The sounds a little bit Euro beep-beep but get the job done.
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