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Old 07-02-2011, 02:06 PM
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I've got a 96 Classic and my horn sounds like a toy car. I have friends who constantly press the horn when i'm stopped and not paying attention, just because it sounds so wimpy

Is this just mine, or what? I've thought about replacing it, but there's no way i'm replacing two $60 horns haha. The only time it's really a problem is when people drive like idiots, I can't honk at them. I've gotta let my middle finger do the talking
Old 07-02-2011, 02:39 PM
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that is too funny , I have a '98 5.2 and my horn sounds like a bicycle horn....I too use the finger ha ha
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im just happy mines broke i hated how it sounded anyway
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I thought the same about my '98. It sounded like a Geo Metro horn. My oldest son came up from FL, and told me only one of my horns was working. I got a set of cheap horns from Advanced Auto. WOW did that make a difference. Check to see if both horns are working. The High tone goes beep beep. I payed $24 for the pair.
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I have some cheap $30 air horns from pepboys only because the previous owner put them in, but they are not bad. You could always put a train horn in it to scare the crap out of people haha.
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Check out the Hella dual horn setup. They are pretty sweet.
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Mine can barly be herd, theyre clogged with too much mud for me to even care at this point. If i have to honk my horn at a stop light or something i just put it in neutral and rev it real loud
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My Jeeps horn sounds like something you'd find in a Toyota XD it makes me rage
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Mine is loud enough. I mean, it makes people move when I use it so I guess it's a good thing.
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my steering wheel is really jacked up so my horn rarely ever works anymore lol, i actually forget what it sounded like lol
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I have a train horn on my F150 so it makes me sad to use the jeeps horn
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My factory horn is a little pathetic, but i put on air horns. And if that doesn't get their attention the 3-mode siren/pa is there for me to wake 'em up.
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go to the pull apart and find some horns out of an old truck or old rwd car... the bigger and older the better.
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My horn came disconnected when I got my XJ. It's there, I just don't know where the wire is. I don't want to hook it back up, I'd like a louder horn. Can anyone recommend anything that fits in with the Jeep? So no high-pitched sissy horn, lol.

I came across this, http://www.northernautoparts.com/Pro...tModelId=17669 Is around $80 for something like that good? What are my options?
I'd also need something similar to this, right? http://www.google.com/products/catal...ed=0CFMQ8wIwAg

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Old 12-29-2011, 04:06 AM
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I don't hate my horn, as far as I know it's stock. My factory build sheet states I have "JJBS Dual Note Electric Horns".


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