Air Horn Recommendations??

[Amiodynski]

Looking to add some sort of Air Horn kit to the Silverado. Not looking for a system that will require a huge air tank and compressor. Basically, the loudest, and best kit for lets say under $200...

 

 

Who has added one, had one, or know's enough about these to shed some light?

 

 

 

[8.1HD/ALLISON]

I picked up a horn at a scrap yard and bought a portable air tank to put in the bed. Was cheap setup and sounded good. Far as kits, im no help.

[dylbeau1500]

Try out hornblasters nothing but good reviews from them. Looking to pair up with them on the build once I lift my truck. The prices are a little higher but they have some horns in you price range. Worth a look

[ConnRadd]

I had one installed on my Avalanche, not sure the brand, after a gang of thieves tried stealing it. I tied into my alarm system, in hopes to scare the crap out of them if it happened again... Another thing to consider, see if you can put a fitting on the tank for an air hose.. I had to use mine a few times!

 

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[Amiodynski]

I had one installed on my Avalanche, not sure the brand, after a gang of thieves tried stealing it. I tied into my alarm system, in hopes to scare the crap out of them if it happened again... Another thing to consider, see if you can put a fitting on the tank for an air hose.. I had to use mine a few times!

 

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I wish I had room under the hood. Having a 2500 with a Diesel in it, dual battery's and alternators, there is barely any room.

[Mike1220]

 

I had one installed on my Avalanche, not sure the brand, after a gang of thieves tried stealing it. I tied into my alarm system, in hopes to scare the crap out of them if it happened again... Another thing to consider, see if you can put a fitting on the tank for an air hose.. I had to use mine a few times!

 

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I wish I had room under the hood. Having a 2500 with a Diesel in it, dual battery's and alternators, there is barely any room.

 

I could be wrong but do the diesels have a lot of room under them? Like under the bed? Or somewhere along the bottom? I think I remember seeing someone on insta put the tank underneath his 15 2500 Sierra

[Jay700]

I was looking at my truck today and I could fit a 5 gallon tank compressor and horns under the box on the passenger side.

[patriot]

Here's a genuine locomotive air horn. Arguably the loudest thing you're likely to find....but expensive and air-hungry.

Worth it if you want REALLY LOUD!

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leslie_S-3L.ogg

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Leslie-Supertyfon-S3K-Train-horn-In-Anodized-Aluminum-/361264493988?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item541d0ab5a4

 

These things are so loud a deaf man even thinks they're loud!

They'll almost blow a woman's clothes off.

[Rock1500]

Here's a genuine locomotive air horn. Arguably the loudest thing you're likely to find....but expensive and air-hungry.

Worth it if you want REALLY LOUD!

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leslie_S-3L.ogg

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Leslie-Supertyfon-S3K-Train-horn-In-Anodized-Aluminum-/361264493988?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item541d0ab5a4

 

These things are so loud a deaf man even thinks they're loud!

They'll almost blow a woman's clothes off.

 

Is that legal to have on the street

[07Softail]

I had a set of Nathan Chimes Locomotive horns on my 1989 RCSB Stepside Silverado facing to the rear and I had the truck backed up to the front window at the local NAPA store and shattered it on a bet. Are they Legal...LMAO! HELL NO!!

 

RT

[Mike1220]

a quick revival for this thread as I had an idea on a place to put an air tank, I was thinking maybe it could be mounted in that open space behind the front bumper. Ive seen a winch mounted there before and there is a fair amount of space (I can only speak for the 1500s, I haven't looked on a 2500). But I was wondering what the largest size air tank that one could fit there. I want either a 2 gallon or 3 gallon air tank and its own compressor. If you could fit a tank and compressor at this spot then you could have the horns somewhere on the truck and have an easily accessible air hose for filling tires or air bags. Could put the hose under the hood

 

random thought I had last night, let me know what y'all think and if this could work! If you think it could work, how large of a tank do you thin could fit?

[Amiodynski]

a quick revival for this thread as I had an idea on a place to put an air tank, I was thinking maybe it could be mounted in that open space behind the front bumper. Ive seen a winch mounted there before and there is a fair amount of space (I can only speak for the 1500s, I haven't looked on a 2500). But I was wondering what the largest size air tank that one could fit there. I want either a 2 gallon or 3 gallon air tank and its own compressor. If you could fit a tank and compressor at this spot then you could have the horns somewhere on the truck and have an easily accessible air hose for filling tires or air bags. Could put the hose under the hood

 

random thought I had last night, let me know what y'all think and if this could work! If you think it could work, how large of a tank do you thin could fit?

Hmm, that's a thought.. I'll have to look under the front and see if I can make something work there if I don't find a smaller setup.

[Mike1220]

Hmm, that's a thought.. I'll have to look under the front and see if I can make something work there if I don't find a smaller setup.

I went and looked at the spot earlier. On the 1500s in sure that one could fit at least a 2 gallon tank, probably even a 3gallon but it'd start to get tight with the compressor also.

 

 

On top of that I even thought of a better way to run the air hose(s). I am thinking if you get 2 distributor blocks, one w/ 2 outlets, and the other with 3, then you could do this:

From the tank, run a short hose up to the first distributor block which is mounted in the engine compartment, that distributor block will have an outlet that goes to the air horn and another outlet that connects to a hose that goes to the back of the truck. This hose runs to the bed where the 2nd distributor block is mounted high on the wall so it's mostly out of the way and out of sight but still easily accessible, whether the truck is lifted or not, also having this be a 3 port distributor block is important so that you can have air bags, if you hard hose (term derived from hardwiring) the bags to the block individually (PS, I should've mentioned earlier that each outlet of the distributor block will be shut off valves so that you can open and close the air flow supply), since the bags are connected to the block independently, they can be filled independently and be sealed so that air cannot transfer from one to the other. Then the 3rd outlet can have a female or male quick disconnect and a shut off valve so that you can connect an AUX air hose to the outlet and fill up tires or whatever the need be. This set up, rather than using Schrader valves to fill the bags, you don't have to hold the Schrader valve to release the air, rather you can just shut off the valve that allows air to flow from the front distributor block to the rear distributor, open the aux valve (this is where having it be a male quick disconnect is better since it will allow the air to flow out if the valve is open whereas a female quick disconnect needs to be connected to a male disconnect before it will allow air to flow), once the distributor is shut off from the tank and the AUX valve is open, you can just open up both bag valves and allow the bags to empty.

 

I think this would be a great set up. Only thing is, just for safety to not overfill the bags, you may want to put a regulator or at least a gauge on the bag valves so that you know how pressurized it is so that you do not overfill them and pop them.

 

The thing I like most about this set up is that each way that the air can go, you can shut off the air from going to any other part of the system and just run one part, or if you are going to be away from the truck for an extended time, you can easily purge the system and shut off the horn. Or if someone is going to use your truck and you don't want them to accidentally hit the horn then you can disable it

 

Sorry for the slight thread jack, but the idea did start with an air horn and then in my mind it branched from there haha