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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 03:33 PM
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it has been posted before, i still laugh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkJwcR21VLk
 
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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by rsbeachbum2
I like to think I only use my horn when I feel it neccessary





But freaking out your friends is so much fun
This isn't the traditional 3 horn octave but here's a sound clip of the horns I have coming. It's only a 2 horn setup, but each horn has it's own solenoid. They can also be separated which will give me way more mounting options due to their fairly large size. Each horn also has it's own designated solenoid meaning they don't have to share air, and that gives them more grunt.

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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 03:58 PM
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Here's the actual video of my setup



Notice how the camera shakes
 
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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by rsbeachbum2
Here's the actual video of my setup



Notice how the camera shakes
I feel sorry for who ever is on the passengers side when you let them loose.
I mounted mine under the truck where the spare was and they face forward so everybody hears them
 
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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Screw-Me-05
I feel sorry for who ever is on the passengers side when you let them loose.
I mounted mine under the truck where the spare was and they face forward so everybody hears them
I'm leaning towards mounting one on each side under the drivers and passengers doors, but on the inside of the frame facing forwards and angled down towards the ground for that scattered effect.
 
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Old Sep 30, 2007 | 11:09 PM
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mines mounted where the spare tire used to be along with the compressor and 5 gallon tank.
Im gonna go ahead and take the other side of "dont need them in south florida" argument. There are so many bad drivers here not to mention the millions of members of Gods Wating Room. A normal horn doesnt do jack with the person doing 10 in a 45 or the woman talking on her phone while simultaneously drifting into your lane without knowing it. People are just getting to be worse and worse drivers and until that changes the horn stays. And as for it being called a weapon...I can see that being true if a court rules that a cellphone was a weapon when said woman runs someone else off the road.
 
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Old Oct 1, 2007 | 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Black3v
mines mounted where the spare tire used to be along with the compressor and 5 gallon tank.
Im gonna go ahead and take the other side of "dont need them in south florida" argument. There are so many bad drivers here not to mention the millions of members of Gods Wating Room. A normal horn doesnt do jack with the person doing 10 in a 45 or the woman talking on her phone while simultaneously drifting into your lane without knowing it. People are just getting to be worse and worse drivers and until that changes the horn stays. And as for it being called a weapon...I can see that being true if a court rules that a cellphone was a weapon when said woman runs someone else off the road.
This is Easy.

Try driving DEFENSIVELY. You might even like it (someday, when yer older lol)... but probably not when yer yung, dum & full 'o ***.... which is sadly the real problem....

I've been to yer fine state many times, and I dunno what's worse; the hat & bonnet crowd, or the ITG poseurs and AC's in their lifted 4x2's, who think brakes are for everyone else but them to use. Instead they rely on retardedly loud & obnoxious horns to tell the poor serfs to move out of the way, so they can proceed unmolested. Whaaat, me? Move aside? Slow down??? Nah - I'm bigger and badder & more impo'tent.. here eat this horn grandpa ... lol .... Wow.

If you need to use yer horns to avoid a situation, then it's your failure to anticipate and drive/react accordingly that's to blame.

Horn's a very poor substitute for driving as conditions dictate, or driving with skill, in general. But given the sorry state of driver Ed, I'm not real surprised .....

Try this: For a day/week, drive like you were on an invisible sportbike, instead of a 6,000 lb truck. Take note of how often you'd potentially feel the need to use the horn. Post back.

BTW - I won't even credit the weapon observation with a reply, it's that banal ... my god you've got some growing up to do, buckwheat.

Done here. Perhaps you should express your (?)views(?) over @ FTE where all the other impressionable retards live
 

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Old Oct 1, 2007 | 08:10 AM
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Perhaps this thread will get interesting now
 
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Old Oct 1, 2007 | 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by last5oh_302
Perhaps this thread will get interesting now
G' Morning cupcake - yer fault

 
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Old Oct 1, 2007 | 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by MGDfan
G' Morning cupcake - yer fault

I can hardly wait to blast you with my horn!!

Oh, and good mornin' back at ya, buttercup.
 
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Old Oct 1, 2007 | 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Raoul
152 decibel?
I'm thinking liability if your victim wrecks.

I'm thinking civil liability if permanent loss can be determined.
Look at this chart and see how the numbers shoot up. 152 db isn't on there.

I highly doubt that 152db's is an accurate reading.

This is from the FRA (Federal Railroad Administration)
"For the first time, a maximum volume level for the train horn has been established at 110 decibels. The minimum sound level remains 96 decibels. Railroads have until 2010 to fully comply with the maximum volume level requirement." (http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/1773)

Usually that required decibel reading is taken ~50' from the centerline of the track.

My guess is that if 152 is actually a reading they were able to pick up, they put the mic directly in front of the horn to get the max volume reading possible.

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Old Oct 1, 2007 | 08:42 AM
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I've wanted one or 2 of these for a long time now.

See, the Po-Po dont really do much about the drivers that pi$$ me off, so I have to handle those assbags myself....they wanna pull out in front of me, on a 3 lane highway, in the lane that I'm driving in, and expect me to change lanes....**** that.

That's where this handy, dandy train horm comes in, blow that bad boy, and hopefully that worthless pile monkey vomit is in the ditch.

If the police isn't going to do anything about all these bad drivers.......I will.






















 
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Old Oct 1, 2007 | 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by jamzwayne
I've wanted one or 2 of these for a long time now.

See, the Po-Po dont really do much about the drivers that pi$$ me off, so I have to handle those assbags myself....they wanna pull out in front of me, on a 3 lane highway, in the lane that I'm driving in, and expect me to change lanes....**** that.

That's where this handy, dandy train horm comes in, blow that bad boy, and hopefully that worthless pile monkey vomit is in the ditch.

If the police isn't going to do anything about all these bad drivers.......I will.






















I think everyone that has an air horn should head over to MGD's place, and have a blast
 
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Old Oct 1, 2007 | 09:08 AM
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I think everyone that has an air horn should head over to MGD's place, and have a blast
Sure! C'mon over!

I gots a lot of that high-expansion foam spray insulation I need to get rid of. Fix y'all noisey AC's right up !

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Old Oct 1, 2007 | 02:34 PM
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I can't believe I didn't try this before.

A friend of mine wanted me to hit my horns for a buddy of his when it came to me. I wondered what would happen if I hit my panic button. I press it and people from the shops around us were coming out to see what was going on.

I LOVE this thing
 
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