Horn Upgrade: fit and extra components?
Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 8:34 pm
I've been on and off about a horn upgrade for years. Amazon is selling a Stebel Nautilus for about $40 right now. I've read Salzman's horn install a couple years back (the link no longer works). How well does the Nautilus fit into a 220?
I thought production stopped a while back, and I looked into a WOLO BadBoy horn, but they had mixed reviews. For people that have done this, what extra components are needed? I keep hearing about extra wires and components and stuff. Looking it up, these are sold on amazon too:
(mixed review:)
http://www.amazon.com/Deluxe-Wiring-Ste ... tebel+horn
(good reviews: and comes with a 30amp relay!)
http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Plug-n- ... tebel+horn
I'm tempted to buy a Nautilus + the nicer wiring kit and handing this off to my shop for them to install, at my next service. To anyone who has done this, especially on a 220, are those parts sufficient?
I vaguely recall from the blog link that the guy had to drill a hole or two: I'm wondering whether the longer cables (in this wiring kit) get around that by allowing them to be extended the long way. If so, it's just a matter of opening her up and replacing a few parts? I'm hoping labor is cheap if I do this at my next service, when he's already all propped open. I'm definitely not capable (mechanically) of doing it myself, in addition to the fact that I have no tools.
I thought production stopped a while back, and I looked into a WOLO BadBoy horn, but they had mixed reviews. For people that have done this, what extra components are needed? I keep hearing about extra wires and components and stuff. Looking it up, these are sold on amazon too:
(mixed review:)
http://www.amazon.com/Deluxe-Wiring-Ste ... tebel+horn
(good reviews: and comes with a 30amp relay!)
http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Plug-n- ... tebel+horn
I'm tempted to buy a Nautilus + the nicer wiring kit and handing this off to my shop for them to install, at my next service. To anyone who has done this, especially on a 220, are those parts sufficient?
I vaguely recall from the blog link that the guy had to drill a hole or two: I'm wondering whether the longer cables (in this wiring kit) get around that by allowing them to be extended the long way. If so, it's just a matter of opening her up and replacing a few parts? I'm hoping labor is cheap if I do this at my next service, when he's already all propped open. I'm definitely not capable (mechanically) of doing it myself, in addition to the fact that I have no tools.