I have a peterbilt 379, and I was tired of getting a bath when it rains. So today I replaced all the cab lights and the air horns. I decided to replace the 4 oem horns, which were Grover. With Grover 1506 stutter tone emergency air horns. It took my friend and I ALL day but I finally got it completed. They are INSANELY LOUD!!!! Can you hear me now? lol
Allllllllllright! I’m in. I was considering train horns, but the whole plumbing/wiring and that stem that sticks up with the valve I wasn’t sure of. I currently have the 5 torpedo lights and 2 stock horns without the caps (so when it rains/snows/bugs - I get hhhhhhhoooooooooohhhhhrrrrrrrNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN) which is no good for a quick TOOT TOOT. So - more pictures and tips and tricks and part numbers please.
I'm thinking 7 or 8 would be good. Maybe 3 forward and the others radial in a direction. Get this for the interior. https://www.amazon.com/Acoustic-Sou...t=&hvlocphy=9022818&hvtargid=pla-835250482954
I think I've got an air horn from a mining shovel kicking around somewhere. If I can find it I'm going to mount it on my KW. Makes a train horn sound like toy lol.
I went from 4 - 2 when I repainted the truck and from 7” to 6”, but I like simpler looking trucks, but that’s just me
It was a pain in the butt! Depending how old your truck is, you can rebuild them. With age the horns get very brittle. You can also get get weather covers.
I spent around $1830 for the horns and the weather covers. I had to replace the pedestal mounts which were around $400 with the hardware. I spent another $30 or so for stainless nuts and bolts. I could have purchased the original OEM horns from Grover and got them cheaper but I decided to go with the stutter tone because they are super loud.
That might not be a bad idea. The stutter tone emergency horns are the exact same horns that are on fire trucks. Fire trucks usually have 2, sometimes only one. I have 4, and the rattle my teeth with the windows up....
