Has anyone replaced the horrible horn yet?

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I actually did this a while ago, but had intermittent connection issues with it due to poor wiring on my part. I pull the bumper apart again today and fixed the wiring so now I have a picture. But I basically just bought a cheapo set of Hella horns on Amazon for like $10-15. I put them in, wasn't too pleased with the sound, so I decided to add the stock horn back in addition to the two Hella horns. Now it sounds annoying AF (in a good way). When I lay on the horn, it sounds like exactly the way I feel. I had to get creative with the placement of the horns, but this worked out well for me.

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Keep an eye on those wire taps and butt connectors after it rains. They are prone to corrosion.
some RTV on the exposed metal spades (red circles) and some heat shrink (green circle) will keep your connections clean, longer as you can see in TAXMASTA's installation.
Honda Civic 10th gen Has anyone replaced the horrible horn yet? 20170409_124139 If you don't have access to or know how, some silicone spray or even a tight wrap of electrical tape, 33+ would do you wonders.
 


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I never thought for the life of me I would ever care what a horn sounded like until I used mine while trying to get a semi to not run me off the road. Hella horns super tones installed on Wednesday. Good bye road runner.
 

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I never thought for the life of me I would ever care what a horn sounded like until I used mine while trying to get a semi to not run me off the road. Hella horns super tones installed on Wednesday. Good bye road runner.
Yeah I didn’t care until I tried to use it and could barely hear it over driving and music lol
 

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I must be one of the few who could not care less what the horn sounds like.
I hear ya, but at the same time the car has a sporty and aggressive look but the horn screams "tricycle"!! :drive:
 


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I must be one of the few who could not care less what the horn sounds like.
Once you're going 80 mph and a semi is drifting into your lane causing you to drive on the shoulder to not get run over and he doesn't know you're there because your terrible OEM horn isn't loud enough you will care
 

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Had to make a profile since this horn was so bad. Can anyone confirm if this "plug-n-play" horn upgrade kit from collegehillshonda works? I'm seriously considering getting one. I have no experience with messing around with a car and I'd very much prefer not to take off the bumper or do any technical wiring.

Heck, if push comes to shove I might even need outside help. Does anyone know if Honda Dealers or other shops do horn replacements?
 

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Had to make a profile since this horn was so bad. Can anyone confirm if this "plug-n-play" horn upgrade kit from collegehillshonda works? I'm seriously considering getting one. I have no experience with messing around with a car and I'd very much prefer not to take off the bumper or do any technical wiring.

Heck, if push comes to shove I might even need outside help. Does anyone know if Honda Dealers or other shops do horn replacements?
You're going to need to remove the bumper to get access to the horn :\
 

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You're going to need to remove the bumper to get access to the horn :\
Ah that's too bad. How hard would it be for someone with no experience taking off the car bumper? Is it easy enough for one person?
 
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Ah that's too bad. How hard would it be for someone with no experience taking off the car bumper? Is it easy enough for one person?
I just pulled mine to replace my headlights. It was really easy honestly. There is a bunch of plastic clips, and I did break 3 of them on the underside of the car, but it's not complicated. I think I only needed a 10mm, T25 hex, a small flat head screwdriver, and a clip pulling tool.

I used this video as a reference before I started mine.
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