{"id":283,"date":"2015-08-22T10:25:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T02:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectkeira.com\/home\/?p=283"},"modified":"2019-11-13T18:21:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T10:21:32","slug":"mitsuba-horns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectkeira.com\/home\/mitsuba-horns\/","title":{"rendered":"Turbonium Horns."},"content":{"rendered":"

My cousin picked up a box of Mitsuba Turbine Truck Horns<\/strong> from Japan and he gave my brother and I a pair to replace the tiny stock horns with something with a louder and more noticeable sound. The kit includes one high tone (SH-1) and one low tone (SL-1) plus some universal mounting hardware and a cheap relay kit. Originally I thought about just doing a straight swap, putting the new horns in the stock horn location, but once I saw the horns in person and compared them to the OEM horns, there was no way that would happen.<\/p>\n

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Can you tell which horns are the aftermarket ones? Hint – they\u2019re much larger than the OEM horns.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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In case you were wondering what it looks like inside, if you take the covers off you\u2019ll see this.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I figured out a spot in front of the radiator where I could actually fit both horns using the included mounting bracket – and there happened to be a threaded bolt hole on the radiator support that lined up perfect for me, meaning I did not have to bring the drill out. I did have to modify the horns and the bracket a little bit to gain some badly needed forward clearance.<\/p>\n

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Mounted up front with the horn ends facing down to prevent moisture getting trapped inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Here\u2019s a side view. Note how the size of both horns are really pushing the limit of space up front – and this is still without the grill back on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Switching to a different part of the upgrade, I checked specs and found that the OEM horn relay was rated at 15-amps. That\u2019s not bad, until I realized that the two new horns combined pulled almost 20-amps. The solution was easy – install a dedicated 30-amp horn relay, which I did behind the radiator support. I had 12v+ directly to the battery, and the coil was connected to the OEM horn wire.<\/p>\n

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12v 30-amp relay installed on the inner side of the radiator support for protection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With the wiring done, the moment of truth was reinstalling the front grill. Turns out that I had repositioned the horns just right, as they barely cleared the inner portion of the center grill. Now I have a much louder horn (er, horns) that make a truck sound more like a truck, and not a Nissan Versa or something.<\/p>\n

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Squeezed in with a pinch of clearance behind the center grill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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You won\u2019t know they\u2019re there unless you peek through the center grill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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