legalities of air horns??

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Fri May 11, 2007 7:37 pm

just wondering if these are legal and can be placed in a visible spot or if i need to hide them?

Fang · Post by **Fang** » Fri May 11, 2007 7:47 pm

vidler wrote:just wondering if these are legal and can be placed in a visible spot or if i need to hide them?

If they are not musical (ie playing La Cucaracha or something) I think they are fine. I have a triple set on mine. I think Brett (or someone) had a train horn on his. This would be my ultimate goal.

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Fri May 11, 2007 7:49 pm

I've always thought they were illegal in any form, but I'm only basing that on the fact that I've seen the tiny little dual air horn setups forsale in Marlows type places and they've always had "for offroad use only" stickers on them.
Might be something to check with the department of planning anyways.

Lapsed · Post by **Lapsed** » Fri May 11, 2007 7:54 pm

in WA i think you can only have a single tone horn. try here jay http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/licensing/1882.asp
and here http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/licensing/1883.asp

chris

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Fri May 11, 2007 8:08 pm

i remember hearing ages n ages ago that they r fine as long as you have a switch to toggle between standard and air. might be wrong tho

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Fri May 11, 2007 8:15 pm

so what ye reckon of these??? they are truck horns

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Fri May 11, 2007 8:23 pm

y would it be illegal if trucks are allowed to have them???????

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Fri May 11, 2007 8:28 pm

the main reason i hide mine was so it is harder to steel and so truck drives dont see it , that way when u blow it they dont no it was you

Fang · Post by **Fang** » Fri May 11, 2007 8:30 pm

I'd love to see the compressor for those beauties!

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Fri May 11, 2007 9:23 pm

holy crap- they are gonna deafen you and whoever else is in the cabin! lmao

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Sat May 12, 2007 2:02 am

only if i have the roof open:)

Subyroo · Post by **Subyroo** » Sat May 12, 2007 12:22 pm

I've had Airhorns on my cars for years right back to a 1971 V6 Ford Capri right up up to my current Forester that is sporting a Stebel Nautilus Airhorn > Products > Elettropneumatics > Nautilus Series and click on the low res or hi res buttons for a sample of the sound I hasten to add they do sound much better in real life though as your desktop or PC speakers do not do it justice.

As far as I'm aware NSW has to also have a switch to cross between the standard OEM horn and the
Airhorn and QLD just has to be a single note Airhorn ie non-musical.

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Sat May 12, 2007 12:28 pm

i like the rollbar jay...lookin swish

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Sat May 12, 2007 12:41 pm

Im not saying this is true... but i heard that they are legal (the non-music ones) if you have them on a completly seperate switch and your factory horn still works as it should.

Dave

daza · Post by **daza** » Sat May 12, 2007 12:50 pm

I was always told they must not point forward,
so we always kept them under the bonnet,

Daza.

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Sat May 12, 2007 1:42 pm

ill see how i go. all trucks have them facing forwards so im not sure if that would be true. ill just have them on a seperate horn button

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Sat May 12, 2007 3:00 pm

do they happen to be made by hella
if so ive just seen the specs on them and a pair (u have 2 pairs) put out 118dbs at 2 meters

my air horn wired up to the standard botoon just with a switch to change them

vidler · Post by **vidler** » Sat May 12, 2007 3:50 pm

nah they are yankee horns. only cost me $89 for the 2 pairs. I also just deafened myself... bloody loud, and that was only 1 set. i tell ya 130psi through a set or air horns is rediculous:)

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Sat May 12, 2007 4:43 pm

im at my office in osborne park right now... i'd probably be able to hear it from here if we timed it right

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Sat May 12, 2007 8:53 pm

Well Vidler and i just dummy tested having them all wired up at once with 130 PSI.... im not sure what to say... but we could not hear a lot afterwards... it was INSANE. We put it down to as low as 30PSI and it was still very very loud.

Dave