Anyone Done Horns Yet?

[CivicSportSGP]

I upgraded to the Euro Horn on my 23 Sport Touring, not sure if horn placement is any different compared to the Type R, but I used this video as a guide and didn't even need to remove the bumper.

Bit of a bump.

Out of curiosity, when you removed that metal piece under the top of the bumper cover, did you have to tourqe it down? Might be a dumb question.

I'm still debating on whether to go the OEM Euro Horns or a pair of PIAAs I had on my 10th gen.

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[Chilly613]

Bit of a bump.

Out of curiosity, when you removed that metal piece under the top of the bumper cover, did you have to tourqe it down? Might be a dumb question.

I'm still debating on whether to go the OEM Euro Horns or a pair of PIAAs I had on my 10th gen.

This piece?

Nothing torqued with a torque wrench or anything. I just hand tightened it until it was snug and did an additional quarter turn.

 

[CivicSportSGP]

This piece?

Nothing torqued with a torque wrench or anything. I just hand tightened it until it was snug and did an additional quarter turn.

Correct. Are the Euro horns louder than stock, or does it have a better tone?

 

[Chilly613]

Correct. Are the Euro horns louder than stock, or does it have a better tone?

This link has clips showing the difference between the standard horns and the Euro Horn. I feel like the Euro Horn is definitely louder, but instead of what sounds like 2 high tones there is 1 low tone and 1 high tone, so its not the typical "meep" Honda horn sound.

GENUINE HONDA ACCESS EUROHORN


Also, if you do get the Euro Horn, make sure you use the bracket that comes with the kit for the horn that's at the bottom on the passenger side. Its a beefier bracket. I originally didn't have that installed and any time I started or turned off my car I can feel and hear it vibrate.

 

[Shrapnel]

Correct. Are the Euro horns louder than stock, or does it have a better tone?

It's definitely louder, and sounds great as far as horns go lol

 

[centers1d10t]

Have this on order.....always embarrassing honking the horn .....should be standard on our cars

 

[Zone47]

Interesting options.

I've been thinking of the VW Mk7, mine has great sounding horns ... more American car, loud and bold in nature. That's what I'm going for if I can find a wrecked part out.

 

[CivicSportSGP]

This link has clips showing the difference between the standard horns and the Euro Horn. I feel like the Euro Horn is definitely louder, but instead of what sounds like 2 high tones there is 1 low tone and 1 high tone, so its not the typical "meep" Honda horn sound.

GENUINE HONDA ACCESS EUROHORN


Also, if you do get the Euro Horn, make sure you use the bracket that comes with the kit for the horn that's at the bottom on the passenger side. Its a beefier bracket. I originally didn't have that installed and any time I started or turned off my car I can feel and hear it vibrate.

Just out of curiosity, did you install the low or high town on the lower position? The kit came with a bunch of parts and no instructions.

 

[Chilly613]

Just out of curiosity, did you install the low or high town on the lower position? The kit came with a bunch of parts and no instructions.

TBH I don't think it really matters as long as you get both horns installed, but I only used the harness extensions, and the beefier bracket for the lower positioned horn in the wheel well/bumper. No instructions are really needed, its all pretty much plug and play.

 

[Shrapnel]

I have the same kit, it doesn’t matter which one goes where, just make sure the openings face down to avoid water intrusion. Once you get the bumper off you‘ll be able to figure out the brackets. Definitely use the new brackets as these horns are a decent amount heavier than the puny ones that come stock.

 

[BamaGurl5]

I have the JDM Euro Horns installed on my FL5.. made a huge difference in output and sound Output a bit better than the Accord Horns IMO.

Was this an easy install? Does the bumper need to come off ? Thanks. Ordered for our FL5. . Hoping it’s an easy plug and play without having to remove too much.

 

[BamaGurl5]

Was this an easy install? Does the bumper need to come off ? Thanks. Ordered for our FL5. . Hoping it’s an easy plug and play without having to remove too much.

Nevermind. Disregard Saw answers in previous replies. Thanks.

 

[Zone47]

Here is the thread I wanted!

I would have been happy with the ITS horns, they sound good and pretty loud but the Honda cheaped out with the CTR horns. They sound like a motorcycle horn. Not the best thing to penetrate through glass, steel and a loud stereo.

I put some old AC/Delco horns on the car.... left over from the muscle car era. They work and sound great! I used an A note and F notes for these. You can get a higher pitched B and G notes if you want and that is probably what I should have used, but the A and C is good. Wiring is easy, just note which is your power and ground and wire/shrink wrap a new connector for each.

 

[eneka]

Just an FYI, integra horns (38100-3S5-A01, 38150-3S5-A01) will NOT work even though it's the same connector. The pins are grounded to the body of the horn, while they are not on the civic. It will pop your horn fuse.

10th gen Accord horns worked perfectly on regular non type-r civics and sound great (Not to mention a bit cheaper on ebay).
(38100-TVA-B01, 38150-TVA-B01)

From what I can tell, the 11th gen Accord horns are similar to the Integra and will most likely pop the fuses too.

Also, it seems like Type R has a horn with reverse polarity vs regular civics.

 

[blueroadster]

Installed the Euro horns today. I did not use the below brackets after wasting too much time trying to figure out how they were suppose to work without any instructions to reference:

I just connected the Euro horns to the existing stock brackets. Here is the top one:

The bottom horn simply needed a minor modification to its bracket by drilling one hole to fit the notch in the stock bracket. Doing this allows for the horn opening to be facing down so as not to collect moisture:

Front view of the bottom horn:

Goodbye to the stock meep meep sound.

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