Horn Upgrade

CapitalTruck · October 25, 2011

I recently got this 63 Impala and the horn sounds bad***. It sounds so much more deep and...awesome than my Silverado horn. I'm thinking of upgrading. Anybody done it already?

rfh1030 · October 25, 2011

Train horns!!!

c4cruiser · October 25, 2011

If you want a deep and loud horn sound, find a pair of horns from an early 70's Cadillac, Olds 98 or Buick Park Avenue. Make sure you get the pair from a single car or a left side horn from one car and the right side horn from another.

These types of horns have different notes so to get the sound right, you need the correct paring. These horns are single wire and the factory mounting brackets should allow them to be a direct replacement.

Also Hella makes a neat factory-size horn that is a bolt-in and has 118dB Summit Racing has them.

lab-dad · October 25, 2011

I got a pair from Griot's garage, they sounded like the old GM "A" and "F" note horns from the old days.

No good junk yards near me.

Much better. Not obnoxious like the train horns but like it "should" be

Funny the service info shows two horns but there is only one on my '11 Silvy and on my old '00 Sierra.

I just made a pigtail from the original horn connector and put the new horns where the second battery would have been.

j13smiley · October 25, 2011

i read the hella horns are loud - but high pitched as well...

i'm also still looking for good replacements... i hate the stock horn...

GasHog369 · October 26, 2011

I could recommend a couple nice train horns

I have a few on my truck and wouldnt be without them!

gleno97 · October 26, 2011

I got a pair from Griot's garage, they sounded like the old GM "A" and "F" note horns from the old days.
No good junk yards near me.

Much better. Not obnoxious like the train horns but like it "should" be

Funny the service info shows two horns but there is only one on my '11 Silvy and on my old '00 Sierra.

I just made a pigtail from the original horn connector and put the new horns where the second battery would have been.

I don't like the sound of my horn either so I bought a couple of new ones, but when I opened the hood it looks like the original horn is fricken buried so deep that I wanted to just close the hood and say screw it. I removed the battery tray to get a better look but it is still way out of reach. My question is how many parts did you have to remove before you could reach the original horn to pigtail a wire from it???