Miata Mailing List: July 1998, Message #10

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>I just finished installing some air horns in my Miata. The 
>OEM horn was such a
>joke, I don't know why they even put it in the car! Anyway, 
>I've been having
>intermittent problems with the horn buttons. They sometimes 
>work and other
>times they do not. When it first happened I thought that 
>the horn or a fuse
>had gone bad but then they worked again so I think the 
>problem is with the
>buttons themselves. Now that I installed these air horns I 
>expected a nice,
>loud sound, but they sound fairly weak too (much stronger 
>thsn the stock horn,
>but that ain't saying much). My question is twofold, first: 
>did I miss some
>trick when I installed these air horns? And secondly, how 
>can I fix or replace
>the horn buttons?
>
>TIA
>
>Manuel
>

like you, i install airhorns this past weekend.  mine came from duetto, the
fiamm dual trumpet horns.  installation was easy and straightforward, but
must say that the sound of the horn is not exactly what i had expected.
the horns are loud all right, but their pitch seem too high.  has anyone
installed the fiamm horns who could tell me if his/her horns sound
different?  i don't really mind the high pitch because the stock horn was
simply too weak to be effective on the freeways here in socal, and just
this afternoon i was able to "blast" a minivan casually wandering into my
lane (going about 10 mph slower than me) with the airhorns.  

steve
'95 Blk n' Tan