The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

by **Mustang** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:40 am

Would prefer to keep this one clean, but if the inuendo crew feel obliged to comment, then I can't stop them.

I rarely use the horn on the car, and when I do it's usually to say hello. For correct use I usually reserve it for complete a$$holes who deserve to be driven off the road. Problem is that the FTO horn is so pathetic, I am nearly embarassed to use it. Someone carves you up on the road, you site on the horn to advise them that you are unhappy, and then they just laugh at you :evil:

. In your 200bhp coupe whose voice hasn't broken yet!
The child in me wants a fog (truck type) gas horn, or possibly a Dukes of Hazard horn, for when I'm being chased by the local constabulary.

But I'd settle for something with a bit more base, a bit deeper, type horn used on VW's or BMW's. Question is car I just pick up any old horn in a scrap yard, and fit it to the car?

by **Myfeckin FTO** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:30 am

The camskill PIAA's are good value.
I put these on my last FTO - http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php? ... 0s248p6965

The FTO actually has two horns (fnarr fnarr!) but what happens is that the deeper one is usually the first to blow and your left with a measly little horn that won't impress the ladies :lol:

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by CJ » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:40 am

Myfeckin FTO wrote:The camskill PIAA's are good value.

Coincidently, the previous Jap owners of the GX and the VR4 replaced the standard horns with PIAA ones - they're markedly louder than standard and would be a worthwhile investment for anyone who believes that their horn is inadequate for day to day use.

CJ

by **Wildhound** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:57 am

At that price you'd be a fool not to get one!

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:25 pm

I fairly confident that the horn is a standard 12v jobbie so if you wanted to you could still pick up a small compressor thing in hullfards and install that instead.. :-)

you can even get naff ones that play little melodies and such - if you're into that :-)

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:00 pm

that's my next thing to upgrade.

i'm ashame with my ones.

by **Big Dogg** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:36 pm

Only had my FTO a week now and I'm exactly the same - ashamed to use it on such a great car lol. sounds

gay lol. Is it an easy job to replace?

by **colm_mcm** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:36 pm

it's just 2 wires. car horns are pretty much universal, so if you like the sound of a particular car's horn, there's no reason why you can't have it on your FTO!

by CJ » Sat Apr 12, 2008 3:19 pm

Nice work by Seb on that video, our very own resident videographer and serial FTO spotter!

CJ

by **Big Dogg** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:18 pm

Does anyone know where the original car horn is on the FTO, so I can cut the cables to it and replace it with a new horn?

Cheers.

by CJ » Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:26 pm

Big Dogg wrote:Does anyone know where the original car horn is on the FTO, so I can cut the cables to it and replace it with a new horn?

Theres 2 horns (lo / hi) - they're fitted each side of the bumper under the headlights IIRC, may be easier to access from underneath.

CJ

by **Big Dogg** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:58 pm

OK cheers mate

by **Big Dogg** » Mon May 05, 2008 12:43 pm

Finally got a day off today, so wanna throw a new horn in. I don't have time to jack it up and remove the old horns, so where's the best/easiest place in the engine bay to find the cable that runs to the horn to take a feed from it?

Cheers

by **Big Dogg** » Wed May 07, 2008 2:24 pm

Does anyone know where I can take a feed from? :S

by **Marie** » Wed May 07, 2008 3:52 pm

Ok I'm not going to say a thing! Bar mention the fact IF I HAD STARTED THIS THREAD IS WOULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY ALL-TOGETHER!

And just to finish, I'm happy with my horn! But hey I'm a girl what would I know! :smt081

by **Big Dogg** » Fri May 09, 2008 4:39 pm

Can no-one help me?

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Fri May 09, 2008 4:42 pm

I'd say locate the horn and take the feed from that - I wouldnt' be mucking about with doing additional wiring - it'll only coma back to haunt you.

by **colm_mcm** » Fri May 09, 2008 4:47 pm

I think you can just about access the horn if you remove the front foglights/indicators and reach in.

by **Big Dogg** » Fri May 09, 2008 7:22 pm

That's what I wanted to do, but rather than have to jack the car up and find the horn, I wanted to find the wire somewhere easier to access in the engine bay and take a feed from there.

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Thu May 15, 2008 11:29 pm

PIAA 400 - 500 Hz arrived :lol:

it's going on the car in the weekend.

by **optical illusion** » Fri May 16, 2008 7:57 pm

My dad has a lancer and I'm ashamed to blow that horn (oh god)

Anyways, AFAIK, the FTO has the same horn as the lancer...

by **optical illusion** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:31 pm

Buying this:

http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m3b540s248p6965

But can it not be frikkin simple?

400-500 mhz

or

500-600 mhz?

Now I know what the difference is technically but really what are we talking about here? Pitch wise? Seb? What's yours like?

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:58 am

youtube might help

400-500 http://youtube.com/watch?v=VXrazvy7p2s it's a bit deeper than 500-600 http://youtube.com/watch?v=CHyEKlHJ2tY& ... re=related

i'm happy with 400-500.
easy to fit

by **optical illusion** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:51 pm

Couldn't bloody find anything on youtube last night, thanks seb.

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