So you say your horn is weak?
This topic to me is an accident avoidance enhancement, now a days cars are getting more insulated and radios are getting louder, so when you beep your horn, chances are you will not get heard; in result, an accident may occur.
Here is some information for a very easy installation of a dual note horn (high & low). GM only put in the 3rd Gen J-body a FIAMM low note horn. So here you will install a high note to compliment the low note using the same type of horn.
Best of all, installation took 30mins, difficulty level form 1-10 was a -50 and total cost for me was $11.
Lets get started.
Fiamm's horn usually looks like this. I bought it
here for $10, but at the store. But I assume that you can get it online or at a auto parts store.
This is what GM uses for the J.
Low Note 72112 Information
You will be adding this model.
High Note 72102 Information
A close up.
Next up you will either need to go to the dealership or the junk yard (where I went) and get this wire. It is a AC-Delco wire. I got it from a N-body 1999-2005 Grand-Am; you can get one from an Alero too. My cost was for this wire was $1. You can also get the High Note horn from the N-body too, but that is at your own risk as who knows if it will work. My horn package was $10 and I got piece of mind.
When you purchase the Fiamm High-Note package all the hardware will be there (nut, bracket, extra wire, etc). With the N-body wiring, all you have to do is plug and play, no splicing, cutting or re-attaching or add more electrical parts and yes you maintain the same fuse in the fuse box.
Now install.
-Locate your factory horn behind the passenger headlight.
-Remove nut from horn on the factory bracket.
-Remove the factory connection from horn like the one on the AC-Delco picture (be careful).
-Install new N-body wire in place.
-Install factory horn on factory location and install supplied bracket from the horn package and use factory nut to secure it in place.
-Angle new bracket up and install horn facing the opposite direction to the old horn. This will give you some wire connection clearance.
-Install horn on new bracket and angle the horn down so water will not intrude and screw up the sound.
-Connect wire to new horn, connect new wire to the car's harness and check the other as well.
-Then test.
By then it should sound louder with a nice tone and look similar to this.
Good Luck!
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-----The orginal Mr.Goodwrench on the JBO since 11/99-----
my horn is toast... might penny up and buy the factory replacement and the high note one and do this little mod, when i feel like getting a horn back lol
its at the end of a long list of things i need to spend money on.
On the other hand....you have other fingers.
KevinP (Stabby McShankyou) wrote:not funny... i just can't find that funny... not with 2 copies of the Candyland board game on your shelf.
Nice and easy swap.... I went the more difficult route.... twice actually now....
Park Ave Ultra has three horns.... and the Caddy had four
Was it louder or did the tone just change, I would assume the latter?
What do you think on the PM I sent you?
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-----The orginal Mr.Goodwrench on the JBO since 11/99-----
got one off a newer buick, dual horns, much better than the @!#$ty stock one
1998 Chevrolet Cavalier
5-spd
