Horn Replacement

[trauh]

Anyone replace the horn in their vehicle with something a bit louder. My 996 C2 got hit this weekend in a parking lot despite me beeping the horn non-stop. I was in a position where I could not move, and the other driver barely heard the horn and couldn't see my car (he was in a truck). There has to be a louder alternative that will plug and play, yes?

[SPR]

groits makes a cool air horn one that I am told bolts right in is cheap, loud sounds cool and uses the same wiring connection I think it's 50 bucks?

[bavarian]

I just replaced my factory horn with the Griots Italian horn. It cost 40 bucks--here's the link

http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp?&SKU=77839

It was not a simple installation, as you have to remove the front wheels and bumper, but I got done in little over an hour. You need to clip off the Porsche connector and replace it with two female clips, but the rest is simple.

The sound is amazing and will keep you out of trouble.

[Tool Pants]

Last year the front of my Boxster was backed up into by a truck and could not get away because there was a car behind me. The body shop fixed all the damage but I asked them to hold off on putting the new bumper cover on. I took the car home for a day and found the loudest set of air horns I could find at the local parts places. Put them in then took the car back to the shop for the bumper cover. Would have like to try the Groit's horns, but that was not an option due to time.

The air horns are in additional to the oem electric horns. So now I have 2 sets of horns. To power the compressor I piggy backed a wire to the wire for the electric horns. I was going to used a switch, so I could switch between horns, but then I though I would never have the time to play with a switch in an emergency.