Musical air horn

[upthetiggers]

Just wondering on the legal aspect of them. I plan to keep my original horn and just wire the new ones to a seperate switch.

I'm fairly sure they are illegal but from what I can gather as long as you still have a normal working horn and don't go around playing the musical air horns 24x7 the cops aren't too worried about it.

Also does anyone have some tips on where to install them from personal experience (either engine bay or front bumper etc.).

Anybody spoken to the cops about it?

[madsav]

it depends on the state, i dont see the problem with them as they are still a type of horn and can warn people of danger

[upthetiggers]

Anybody else know if musical air horns are legal in NSW, keep in mind I plan on running them on a seperate switch so my normal horn won't be changed.

[RVN 355]

ring up ur local transport department.... my mate got defected for air horns so id be checking it out 1st

[Insanesinner]

I would say that if you leave your origanal horn on it cant be defected as u would not need to use the musical one.

[L8N]

yeah m8 i did the same thing had the original horn and had the air horns on a seperate switch. never been defected for it and i use to do it all the time. im pretty sure that they are ilegal as only single tone horns are allowed or something like that. mine were put under the battery and the compressor was mounted on the right of the battery under the car. but u may find that they stuff up when they get water in them from being in the front pointing foward.

[ucwepn]

Yeah I'm pretty sure that according to the ADR it has to be a single tone horn. I want a horn off a diesel locomotive, still looking for one tho

[clixanup]

Originally Posted by ucwepn

Yeah I'm pretty sure that according to the ADR it has to be a single tone horn. I want a horn off a diesel locomotive, still looking for one tho

How about this:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/BRASS-TRAIN-A...QQcmdZViewItem

Originally Posted by L8N

but u may find that they stuff up when they get water in them from being in the front pointing foward.

That's why you install them pointing downwards. I've had a the same set of airhorns for over 10 years. Had 'em in 4 cars without ever having water problems.

[L8N]

Originally Posted by clixanup

That's why you install them pointing downwards. I've had a the same set of airhorns for over 10 years. Had 'em in 4 cars without ever having water problems.

that could solve it but thats the way i put them cause that was the easyest way(might even have been the quality of horns as well i mean if yours are ten years old they must be pretty quality not some cheap ****). if i get new ones they will be mounted under the boot floor.

[upthetiggers]

The air horns are in and sound bloody great. I made a simple bracket to mount the horns just in front of the radiator, but air flow won't really be effected in any way, and the compressor was mounted under the front bumber bar on the battery side.

The real bitch was running the wires from the engine bay inside to the car. I had to request the help of the fairer sex as my hands were too large for some parts.

Anyway after some modifications on the original wiring diagram provided (the diagram and instructions were ****e as normal) I now have the dixieland theme playing through its own hidden switch and my normal car horn was never touched.

One of the best B'day presents I've have gotten yet

[ucwepn]

Hey yeah I saw that train horn but the end cap is missing which is a bummer. You can hear a freight train on a clear day from about 5km's away haha

[fatduck84]

they are illeagal in qld pretty sure

[bns-sticky]

I have a collection of horns in my ute. Some are not in the at the moment while I have been working on it and they get in the road but got a train horn on the way.

Straight from a SARG in traffic here in Queensland, signal note airhorns are legal to use as the main horn by pressing the horn on the steering wheel. No other horns are legal to use while the vehcile is in motion or on public roads. My reply to that was Cool!

Nothing is illegal until you get caught. Moral to the story put them in but be careful where you use them.

[upthetiggers]

Originally Posted by bns-sticky

Straight from a SARG in traffic here in Queensland, signal note airhorns are legal to use as the main horn by pressing the horn on the steering wheel. No other horns are legal to use while the vehcile is in motion or on public roads.

Music to my ears