Wish to fit a better horn to my Volvo V50

BertieUK

The standard production horn that is fitted to my Volvo V50 (06) Plate is not too loud to say the least. I use my horn very sparingly but feel that I would like one which had a more penetrative sound.


What would be a louder and legally permitted one to fit please?


Regards.

forgotmyname

Find a car with the horn sound that you want and fit one from one of those.

Strider590

I fitted a 120db twin air horn to the Vectra, had to fabricate a bracket to mount them, mounted the compressor in the battery box, lifted the fuse box, wired the relay into the horn circuit, connected the + feed via an in line fuse from the battery terminal and put it all back together again....... 20 minute job

Because the original horn requires the removal of the front bumper, changing the original horn directly would have taken several hours. As it is I now have twin air horns plus the original horn.

The original was pathetic, but now it really wakes people up

Basically this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNUkJWXUJ3k

They come in various brands, but they're all essentially the same.

Oh and insurance don't class it as a modification, I asked them.

bigjl

The horn in my 2008 V50 was pretty loud.

Is there a chance yours is faulty?

And therefore fitting a used one may be a decent solution

scotsbob

Any of the Stebel range of horns, especially the Nautilus, will get peoples attention.


You can check them out on Youtube

GJ_WRX

I once bought a cheap airhorn from Halfords or somewhere similar. I bolted it to the inside of the bumper and the connectors from the original horn fitted perfectly. Cost about £10 and took less than 5 minutes to fit.

InsideInsurance

Strider590 wrote: »

Oh and insurance don't class it as a modification, I asked them.

Different insurers will take a different approach and so you need to check each time you switch insurers.

OnanTheBarbarian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvdjOsvBXFU

:rotfl:

BertieUK

Many thanks to you all for your suggestions and I will consider each one.


I would think that 120dB would be considered the loudest permissible otherwise you may give someone a heart attack.


kind regards...

jeallen01

scotsbob wrote: »

Any of the Stebel range of horns, especially the Nautilus, will get peoples attention.

Agreed w.r.t. the Nautilus, and quite small and thus relatively easy to fit - but do put a fuse in the power lead to it if you feed it directly from the battery.

cootuk

PIAASports horns are a direct replacement, some others might need a new fused lead as they take more power