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Air Horns on Cars & Trucks – the Next Big Trend

Forget jacking your truck up, neons, and chrome rims, today’s auto junkies have air horns! Not just any kind of air horn though, real train horns. That’s right, it’s the new sensation, and people can’t get enough of the ear-splitting sound.
The madness started with sites like TruckTrainHorns.com popping up, posting videos on Youtube of them riding around scaring the living daylights out of people with their horns. Not long after, other truck websites followed. Then, before you know it, everyone on the block has a 150 plus decibel train horn.

Since the horns require high intensity air flow, you have to have an air source. This includes an air tank and a compressor. Along with other hardware & valves, you have a complete air horn setup.
AirHornKits.com sells kits that are easily installed on just about any automobile. The prices range from about $200 to over $600. Each range kit has different specs and decibels of sound. The great thing about buying them as a kit, is you have everything you need to install it. The kits also come with full color directions, making it easier for the first time installer.

The question your probably thinking now is, how am I going to fit a 5 gallon air tank, compressor, hosing, and the horns in to my Honda Accord? Luckily some sites like TruckTrainHorns.com offer smaller systems. For instance you can buy the ‘car kit’ which includes a smaller size air tank, and compact horns.

Most people with cars put the tank in the trunk, along with the compressor and run a high intensity hose to the air horns. The horns don’t have to mount facing forward, this is a common misconception. They’re just as effective facing down, towards the ground.
So, your thinking of getting an air horn, but just out of curiosity, you want to know…What’s the loudest horn out there? That’s a good question. The loudest horn made is the Nathan K5. Not many people sell it because it’s only available to locomotive related companies. Only a small, select group of sites sell them, and there not cheap! The average price for just the horns is well over $1500. Not to mention you need an air system to push it.

Air horns can be a lot of fun. If and when you decide to purchase one, check out the sites I mentioned in the article. Also be very careful with your new horns, there not toys, and can be dangerous, so use them responsibly.

IC

IC endorses Richard Stratton who has been an air horn enthusiast for over a decade. He rebuilds & restores antique horns as a hobby and also make custom train horns for others.

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1. korrey walace (12:06, 11.08.2008)
I have a 91 chevy caprice. Is 150 decibels as loud as it gets? I want to do tractor trailor horns would I be in the range of 60 to 75 decibles for an average horn and whats the price range
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2. wayne (08:22, 06.05.2008)
I commend you for taking the time to write an article on air horns the next big trend.....NO! not everyone has a 150db air horn....the have 130-140s and are told 150.....you can buy a 150DB horn off the shelf with the correct air pressure/volume......most are not correct......as the #1 dealer worldwide for siege engineering...the owner of CUSTOM TRAIN HORNS...and the only dealer worldwide factory authorized to custom fabricate and modify horns with the siege name/logo.....it takes work to get up over 150DBs....with the correct diaphram surface area/bell inlet/air inlet/volume/pressure you can achieve high decible readings.....stand 10 feet from a horn at 160....it treacherous.......I spend hours each week explaining these things to people and air horn operation,testing,evaluating,modifying....as my ebay and myspace feedback/comments attest...I must know something....decible readings of 170-180- with off the shelf horns ....NO WAY!......170s will make you pass out.....180s can kill.........the nathan K5 is a loud horn.....the loudest?.. NO!........CUSTOM TRAIN HORNS........home of the apocolypse,armageddon,and super kong......

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