Moving the Horns

[cameron]

Has anybody done a How To on this ?

I know they can go down behind the fog lights on a bracket but im unsure on how to move all the wiring :sorry:

Can anyone talk me through it please :confused:

Sorry if im in the wrong section Mods :D

[t5lover]

hello mate the wires are long enough to reach down there just have to be carefull pulling them around thats all mate i put mine underneath the battery tray and still very loud thank god need it in canterbury lol

[Torch S70R]

theres a couple of holes you can use m8, heres where i put mine, hard to make out but when you look at the front nearside it should become apparent :)

http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt117/TorchV6/CIMG0038.jpg

http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt117/TorchV6/CIMG0039.jpg

[cameron]

Cheers guys :D

I'll have a bash next day im in work, dont fancy lying on a wet floor ;)

[850 t5 vs 600cc]

Cheers guys :D

I'll have a bash next day im in work, dont fancy lying on a wet floor ;)

Was the toilet closed.............LOL...................:blahblah :

[mk3phill]

here you go dude!!!

http://volvospeed.com/Mods/hornrel.htm

[cameron]

Quality Linky that matey :beer:

[AlanG]

Why move the horns?

[cameron]

Ive done it now ;)

They look awful stuck behind the grille and now there should be more fresh air to get through to the rad :D

[AlanG]

Suppose the throughflow makes sense. Seems like a nuisance job for little gain though. Thanks for clearing that up.

[cameron]

Not really a nuisance job pretty easy actually, if you like lying on the floor trying to squeeze under an R front bumper on a lowered car ;)

Only took me 5 minutes and now the grille area looks a bit better and hopefully the airflow will be better, as they arent exactly the smallest horns about ;)

[cameron]

Some Pictures of Horn relocating :D

HORNLESS

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo159/cameron793/P240509_1236.jpg

THE USUAL LOCATION

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo159/cameron793/P240509_1237.jpg

SECOND WAS HARDER

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo159/cameron793/P240509_123701.jpg

LOOK NO HORNS

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo159/cameron793/P240509_1243.jpg

[jonno12]

always makes the front look better aswell

[Flatout Phil]

Not the answer you were looking for but consider this. Not for everyone, I will admit, but a Stebel Nautilus will bolt in as a replacement to the offside horn bracket mounting point and you can mount the relay in the void behind the centre post of the plastic radiator cowling and neatly conceal fused wiring to supply - the job takes about an hour with a suitable nut and bolt, crimping tool and an assortment of 17 amp wiring and crimp connectors. The Nautilus is a compact compressor twin airhorn and is VERY loud (but legal) and only about £20 on Ebay. It is important to get the latest version of the horn, the older one does not fit in this location without mods. Retain the original Volvo low tone nearside horn and you get a lovely three tone chord - admittedly more Italian than Nordic but it certainly does the trick. Makes you want to drive through tunnels just to hear it! I would think any increase in airflow is SO marginal with any horn modification, that if cooling is an issue the problem may be elsewhere, a flush or theromostat or even hoovering the matrix should be considered first. Unless at standstill there is one heck of a ram effect through the grille, that this should be plenty enough for the northern European climate. Fans tend to run only at low speed and standstill - evidencing my thinking. Make of it what you will. And may all your Volvos be horny!

[mk3phill]

from what ive heard the horns obstruct around 10-15% airflow in particular to the intercooler. as small a percentage some may think,.. if there is a free gain to be had why not,.. like tesco.. everylittle helps

[850 2.5 10v]

Not the answer you were looking for but consider this. Not for everyone, I will admit, but a Stebel Nautilus will bolt in as a replacement to the offside horn bracket mounting point and you can mount the relay in the void behind the centre post of the plastic radiator cowling and neatly conceal fused wiring to supply - the job takes about an hour with a suitable nut and bolt, crimping tool and an assortment of 17 amp wiring and crimp connectors. The Nautilus is a compact compressor twin airhorn and is VERY loud (but legal) and only about £20 on Ebay. It is important to get the latest version of the horn, the older one does not fit in this location without mods. Retain the original Volvo low tone nearside horn and you get a lovely three tone chord - admittedly more Italian than Nordic but it certainly does the trick. Makes you want to drive through tunnels just to hear it! I would think any increase in airflow is SO marginal with any horn modification, that if cooling is an issue the problem may be elsewhere, a flush or theromostat or even hoovering the matrix should be considered first. Unless at standstill there is one heck of a ram effect through the grille, that this should be plenty enough for the northern European climate. Fans tend to run only at low speed and standstill - evidencing my thinking. Make of it what you will. And may all your Volvos be horny!


Are you actually the purveyor of said horns?

[t5_carl]

moved my just now, took all of 10 mins, and 5 mins of that was trying to squeeze under a R front bumper!looks so much better

[bsr295]

Did mine today while the sun shone.......well pleased

[Storm-Troll]

wont they get full of water when it rains from under car splash and fill up and sound like a drowned dog???? i know mine did when i did it to mine on old car years back lol....!!!!

[Flatout Phil]

Are you actually the purveyor of said horns?


No, but I tell you, they are brilliant for the price and these compact units (they are really dinky) are a darn sight better than the old Stebel twin horn systems. At risk of sounding like a Volvo owner (!) I think if you are going to have a horn, you need one that fulfils it's purpose: the louder and brighter the better so that everyone can hear you coming. Frankly, the Volvo original equipment is feeble - or in less technical terms, sounds like a fart in a force nine. My new horn is the force nine (but as I say, I retain the old Volvo low tone to maintain the fart effect within) ; - )

[nobananas]

I got one of these as well but I've managed to mount mine on a little bracket that bolts to the plastic slampanel and the horn sits in front of the battery facing forward behind the headlamp. The horn is graet but they don't last very long, I'm on my second one now in 3 years.

[Flatout Phil]

Just a little illustration (before wiring was fully protected I hasten to add) of the horn transplant I was on about earlier. They are truly tiny.

[smudgethecat]

Did mine a while ago, can honestly say it made not a jot of difference

[Jod T5]

Did mine a while ago, can honestly say it made not a jot of difference

My opinion is that there is a aesthetic difference but agree, give no improvement to the I/C....

Jod

[Shortbusdriver1969]

I use X2 Stebel Nautilus horns both are in teh same place as the OEM's
and wired via relays. reasons for changing were 850 horns were / are crap
toot toot is no good at all now I get BLARRRRRRR !!! much more effective :-)

10.10

[Flatout Phil]

That is well horny! ; - )
I do have a spare set - may well stick em on if I get bored one Sunday afternoon!

[p fandango]

http://xs942.xs.to/xs942/09332/engine10531.jpg
that was a proper horn, borrowed from an ex-cop car lol

[Flatout Phil]

http://xs942.xs.to/xs942/09332/engine10531.jpg
that was a proper horn, borrowed from an ex-cop car lol

Call that a big one? Try this for size (the things men do eh?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9KKaj26Lsw&feature=fvw