Thanks.. Certainly.. I'll give as much detail as I can, but I do not have any exact part numbers, sizes or gauges for the terminals since they came from an old open kit with no labels. I did try two sizes of the fork terminals (since the kit had several sizes) and found the perfect fit on the second try.This is amazing My2016Civic! I loved your method with the terminals/connectors. Could you go into a little more detail about how you figured it out and what parts you used specifically?
Thanks.. Certainly.. I'll give as much detail as I can, but I do not have any exact part numbers, sizes or gauges for the terminals since they came from an old open kit with no labels. I did try two sizes of the fork terminals (since the kit had several sizes) and found the perfect fit on the second try.
So, I wanted to leave the connector on the vehicle harness intact and my plan was to use the connector on the original horn (white) by removing it from the horn and tapping wires to that for the new horns, and plug into the vehicle harness as originally intended. Unfortunately, that turned out to be impossible without totally obliterating the horn, the connector and/or my hands. Not worth it, so I got creative. In looking at the connector on the harness and on the horn, I noticed it was just a simple two-prong connector (white). Nothing special. One for negative, one for positive.
So I looked around to see if I had anything that would fit and this is what I came up with. Two fork terminals, one for each side.
I planned on cutting off one the prongs from each (the outer prongs), but after taking a closer look, I noticed a groove on each side of the vehicle connector (black) and the outer prong of each of the fork terminals fit just perfectly, making a snug fit. So the inner prongs made the electrical connection, the outer prongs fit into the groves to keep them securely attached.
I also happened to have a pair of Piggiback M&F terminals, and used those to make the bridge between one horn and the other.
Connection: Fork end to the black vehicle terminal. Piggyback M&F end to horn #1
Below is the connector from Vehicle Harness to Horn #1 and the two-wire jumper that connects one horn to the other (long)
Once you've got the Fork end terminals to the black vehicle terminal and the Piggyback M&F end to horn #1, you can then connect one end of the long wires into the piggyback M&F terminal and the other end to horn #2
Here is a picture with it all connected, just testing before making the connection to the car harness more permanent with electrical heat-shrink wrap (much better than electrical tape, but you may use that instead).
So then to finalize it all, I positioned the harness and wires so that there was no pull on the connectors and they would not come loose from vibration, etc and did the heat shrink-wrap around the terminals and connectors.
DONE! No more Meep Beep!!
Thanks. There is definitely no issue with the fog lights at all, the horn location is just to the right of the passenger side fog lights (looking at it from the front).Well done, My2016Civic. Do you foresee space issues with either the fog lights or turbo piping? I'm looking to deploy your solution (including the same model horns as, like you, I prefer a more "trumpet-y" sound versus just a two-tone "meep-meep") in a Touring which has both the fog lights and the turbo engine. Your insight is appreciated!