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Great Big Honkers pt.2

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Old 07-27-10, 01:02 AM
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Default Great Big Honkers pt.2

GUYS UPDATE ON PAGE 2!!!!! FINISHED THE PROJECT!!!





hey guys!

Tired of the weird honkers not being aligned correctly? (couldn't take a pic of my car but here is a random pic with a mesh grille. credit to this guy!)


thanks to montgb (https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...g-honkers.html)
(for his sound clip, and looks check his post provided!),
he gave us some info and showed us some installment pics of his supertones. well here is a sneak peak for now on what I did on my free time. It has been ages to install these, and here is what I got so far.

Again this isn't for everyone, but please keep the flaming low

Ordered these off somewhere... forgot where, affordable
I dismantled the horns to take the frame out for some spraying.


Then bought myself a primer, blue paint, and clear coat, yet again affordable


After 1 full coat of primer, 3 coats of blue, 3 coats of clear coat, this is what I got.





The rest.... I will have to have these installed sometime. Crossing my fingers for them to look nice and fitting with my car.

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Old 07-27-10, 01:03 AM
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Nice write up... looking forward for the end result!
Old 07-27-10, 01:04 AM
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that color looks great! wanna see it on your car (:
Old 07-27-10, 01:12 AM
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doh... this reminds me... i've been wanting to space out my PIAA's but i keep putting it off...
Old 07-27-10, 01:14 AM
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post a vid of it after youre done, i bet the stock horn sounds so puny compared to this beast
Old 07-27-10, 03:27 AM
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Great color, DaKi! Did you have as much fun trying to detach the red Hella grill as I did? Some of my screws are so stripped that they're never coming off again.

Can't wait to see them installed. Let me know if you need positioning tips.
Old 07-27-10, 04:26 AM
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those are some nice honkers
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wow, cant wait to see end results... Also, where did you get that mouse pad?
Old 07-27-10, 07:52 AM
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Nice big ole honkers David! haha
Speaking of which...I have something funny to show you hahaha
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Thanks everyone!

Originally Posted by Vincent123
post a vid of it after youre done, i bet the stock horn sounds so puny compared to this beast
ahaha yeah check out montgb's thread that i provided. he has a sound clip. its a BIG difference

Originally Posted by montgb
Great color, DaKi! Did you have as much fun trying to detach the red Hella grill as I did? Some of my screws are so stripped that they're never coming off again.

Can't wait to see them installed. Let me know if you need positioning tips.
Ahahaha it was alright. I just used a wrench on the rear to hold it in place and used those electric drillls. came off nice and easy and yeah credit to you montgb for the supertones I will let you know how it turns out for the positioning

Originally Posted by 516IS
wow, cant wait to see end results... Also, where did you get that mouse pad?
Hey. the mouse pad... I got it free from lexus of westminster meet last year when I won a XXXL F-sport sweater lol

Originally Posted by JDKane527
Nice big ole honkers David! haha
Speaking of which...I have something funny to show you hahaha
Lol waiting for this funny thing you need to show me
Old 07-27-10, 01:10 PM
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Are these THAT loud?
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+1 ^ how much louder are they
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ive heard them on an sti and there pretty loud but the have a weird tone to them
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They're 118dB ("ear-splitting") when properly hooked-up to the battery. If they just use the OEM horn power plugs, the sound is different but not remarkable.
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^^so these have to be hooked up straight to the battery?! BTW montgb why'd you change the front lip? Looked much better with the 5Axis, sorry.


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