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Old 03-03-2012, 09:16 AM
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which air horn is the best? price, loudness, quality and ease of installation. I'm considering WOLO, MINI BEAST and STEBEL NAUTILUS
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I have the Wolo with black plastic housing for almost 2 years. $40 from local Meijer store, comes with a relay. They got it on clearance for $20, I grab another one as a spare.
 
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Don't buy HD premium air horn/install kit #69423-05....piece of chit! Mine quit at 10 months. Had HF for $20 before that, it crapped. Stock horn back on TG!
 
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i had the howards hog horns but the compresser has gone and the chrome started to peel off, only two 2yrs old. back to standard horn now!
 
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I have the metalarts twin trumpet air horn on my FLH & it was one bolt and plug & play. Works real good too!

 
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Rivco has the best warranty, 2 years, and also has a lot of good reviews. Metalarts has had a lot of reviews on this thread indicating poor customer service and overpriced considering it's quality. Do a search and you'll find a thread about them. Minibeast has gotten good reviews consistently.
 
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Meant to say Rivco has had good reviews on this forum, not this thread. Costs about $20 more than Minibeast, but more stylish and twice the warranty.
 
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I like my Minibeast! The "violators" of my space do not!
Not "plug-and-play" but not that hard to install.

Hope this helps,

Best wishes....Tim(HT)
 
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Originally Posted by tom lipke
which air horn is the best? price, loudness, quality and ease of installation. I'm considering WOLO, MINI BEAST and STEBEL NAUTILUS
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All three are all the same. MB comes with a quality cover.
 
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I installed a Wolo. Not plug and play, I had to add a fuse and a relay holder. It also won't fit where the cowbell goes if you have a choke **** there. Actually it was a pain in the *** to install, but I made a video of it just for fun.

This may be a good place to spam it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMNOc...3&feature=plcp
 


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