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After installing Dixie
Horns on the Passat, the plain old regular horns on the Sequoia seemed
pretty boring. But since there wasn't a blank button on the dash for an auxiliary
switch and I didn't want to make any permanent holes, I decided to wire
something in with the stock horns. I didn't want to get Freeway
Blasters like I got before. So I got this horn that is supposed to be an
"Old Fashioned Model A" sound. Now when I push the horn button on
the steering wheel, the Ooga horn plays. If the Ooga horn fails for any
reason (loose connection, etc.) the stock horns play instead.
This is what the Ooga
horn sounds like. I'd say it's about as loud as the stock horns.
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I
found this Ooga Horn at Canadian Tire
and it was really easy to install. I was able to use some of my leftover
supplies from before. The biggest problem was just finding a place to mount
it because, once again, I did not want this to be a permanent modification.
Luckily, I found a spot where I could strap the horn to the front bumper. |
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You can see
the location of the horn in this picture. It's mounted just behind the
front bumper where it meets the frame near the passenger side fog
light. I didn't bother removing the whole splash guard to get access
underneath because by removing just 3 screws I was able bend it back
far enough to work.
Once again, like with the Passat, I
used zip ties to hold the horn in place. The zip ties give me maximum
flexibility in where to mount the horn without having to make any
permanent holes anywhere. It's snug and since then I've taken it on
some dedicated 4wd roads without a rattle or a clunk. |
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I spliced
into the stock horn wire to get power. This allows me to operate the
new horn with the stock horn button. There was no ground wire going to
the stock horn (unlike in the Passat) so I ran a separate wire and
attached it somewhere to use as the ground for the auxiliary horn.
Afterwards, I wrapped it up in electrical tape. |
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I followed
the stock wires and ran the power and ground lines above the radiator
and down the passenger side. There's lots of holes there already to
make it easy. (I can't remember exactly where I attached the ground
wire--I'll check and post it.) |
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Here's a view
of the horn from above. This is with the hood open and looking down to
the bumper to the left of the radiator. |
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