Why aren't more of you guys using horns?

[bass_lover1 10+ year member]

So horns from parts express, and the casing from id? What about issues with bolt patterns lining up, and mounting hardware?

ID horns use a 2 or 3 bolt pattern, some of the bolt on horns accept both patterns, if you were worried.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

ID horns use a 2 or 3 bolt pattern, some of the bolt on horns accept both patterns, if you were worried.

or.. just mark and drill new holes.

 

[Towncar 10+ year member]

ID horns use a 2 or 3 bolt pattern, some of the bolt on horns accept both patterns, if you were worried.

Hmm, i guess the only issue I would have is mounting them. To the drawing boards i guess..

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

mounting the horns isn't really that hard.

 

[Towncar 10+ year member]

mounting the horns isn't really that hard.

How did you go about mountig yours? I just can't picture it for whatever reason. The reason is probably because of the length of it.

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

the length of the horn can be cut down. as show in this vid.



if you showed some pics of the underdash of your car i could give you some ideas. and if i can't come up with anytthing i'm sure Eric or matt in the ID forum could. i have pics of my horns in the id gallery.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

bolts/screws and plumbers tape... or L-brackets. get creative.

 

[Towncar 10+ year member]

the length of the horn can be cut down. as show in this vid.

This video helped alot.. I didnt know that you could just put screws threw the plastic casing like that. Now that I know this, it makes things simple. The only issue I face now is the midbass/ midrange driver that will be used.

 

[Towncar 10+ year member]

Looking at theh Selenium drivers, they dont seem to use bolts? Looks like they just screw in. When looking at the b&c drivers, they use the bolt pattern. Pricing looks better on the seleniums. For the most part the drivers are either cheap30-50 bux, or somewhat pricey 80- 100+. Im just not sure If im going to be happy with a 30-40 dollar horn.

 

[ninjawhiteboy12 10+ year member]

yeah i know what you mean about the 30-40 dollar horns, does anyone make an ID-style horn bodie for a 2in driver?

 

[RogerKline 10+ year member]

yeah i know what you mean about the 30-40 dollar horns, does anyone make an ID-style horn bodie for a 2in driver?

No. You can however modify the ID lenses to fit a 1.25" compression driver. Or go with some old Illusion lenses and get rid of that nasty bend in the ID lenses.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Nice helpful vid for sure...especially since I have the same truck. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Now you guys have me wanting to do horns...

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Seems like I can't find any good 1" horns aren't threaded and can be crossed at 1.6khz without paying around $100 or so per horn. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif But I am able to use a 24db/oct crossover, so maybe I can get away with a horn that recommends a 12db/oct slope at 2khz and just cross it hard at 1.6khz?

 

[bass_lover1 10+ year member]

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=264-271

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=290-442

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=290-526

All under your price.

Also, remember that the lower the driver is able to play, generally the more it will lack in the upper end.

EDIT: Be careful of the compression drivers with larger diameters, they probably wont fit on the mini body IDs without modifying the body it self.

 

[krankster 10+ year member]

i use horns