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- November 3 2008 : 10:51a
| As long as you don't touch any yellow wires, you should be fine regarding the airbags.
Can you find the horn thingy under the hood and see what color the wires are there? Perhaps finding the other end of it could be the key. | |
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- November 3 2008 : 11:04a
| Duh I guess I really need to dye the hair, why didn't I think of that??? Maybe cause I was so frustrated by that point. | |
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- November 3 2008 : 12:40p
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horn thingy That is a technical term, you know?
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- November 3 2008 : 4:38p
| | horn thingy was technical enough to understand for me. lol Wires are aqua/red on the actual "horn mechanism". Is that a little more technical for you? teehee | |
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- November 3 2008 : 8:05p
| lol Mort....
The wire at the 'horn thingy' will not match the one under the dash because the color codes are different pre and post relay. Just wire your horn solenoid to the positive wire at the 'horn thingy' and there will be no problems, as it will provide the greater amperage needed for your horn solenoid anyway.
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- November 3 2008 : 11:11p
| the solenoid draws very little power - 0.5 amps or so. A lot less than the horn itself. It works similarly to a relay.
Like OnRoad250 said, you can grab it from the horn itself. | |
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- November 3 2008 : 11:45p
| | Better "horn thingy" than "horny thing." | |
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- November 4 2008 : 10:42a
| Aren't you all "horny things" and I can make that statement being female and all. | |
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- November 4 2008 : 10:45a
| Guilty.
[Ron Bennington] That don't make you a bad person[/Ron Bennington] | |
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- November 4 2008 : 5:22p
| so when I do eventually add air horns, it "really is best?" to grab the wire from where the horn actually is?
I'm also going to want to be able to blow the horn with the alarm
I get so tired of my weak little horn.. but other mods come 1st..
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- November 4 2008 : 9:13p
| | I just found the hot wire on the back of the fuse block and spliced in there. pull the horn fuse and test which side turn hot when you press the horn. once you find that just add a dual pole switch in there and you can choose which horn will blow. ask DRSpeed I got the diagram and idea from him | |
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- November 5 2008 : 3:20p
| DrSpeed, you never shared with me and I asked before I posted.  | |
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- November 5 2008 : 5:17p
| | Opps did I start a lovers quarel? Its not that hard just find theblock and then do what I said. No problems! | |
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- November 5 2008 : 9:11p
| D, relax breathe, it's all good. I had the opportunity to whine so I did. lol I don't get many opportunities to whine you know. | |
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- November 5 2008 : 11:02p
| lol Denny very funny. Dont you mean onroad350? the 250 definitely went offroad.
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- November 7 2008 : 5:18p
| D where'd you go?? Too much goin on down at SEMA or what??? | |
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