Japan made PIAA horn...JDM quality and half the price...

I purchased these PIAA horns off of Amazon.com and installed them this morning....I am impressed.




There are two horns, not one. One is 400Hz and the other one is 500Hz.

PIAA | Automotive Sports Horn (400/500Hz) #85110

The are exact fits on the mounts as the OEM horns and use the same bolts. A 1/4 inch drive ratchet and a 12mm socket is needed to remove and install the bolt. They came with grounding leads with ring spade lugs that mounted readily under the existing M6 bolts on the radiator supports. All you need is a 10mm socket.

The two wiring harness leads are too short to connect the horns. Two wire tie mounts hold the harness to the aluminum bumper reinforcement. You can cut off the ties and use the OEM harness to connect the horns, but I chose not to. I prefer NOT to cut off the OEM connector blocks.

I made two pigtail extensions out of 18 gauge black primary wire, 5 inches long. One end needs a 1/4 inch wide exposed male quick disconnect. The other end needs an insulated female 1/4 inch quick disconnect terminal. Since I used 18 gauge wire, I used the red coded ones.

The exposed male connector slides into the OEM horn connector perfectly. The female one clips easily onto the positive terminal of each horn.


The horns how have a weather shield on the apertures.


Best thing to my surprise is that they appear to be very high quality and Made in Japan.

Also nice is that they need no modification to the horn relay or circuit.

I know that others have posted information on the horn install, but the information that I am providing has been missing from an extensive search of all OLD threads.

 

The horns in the "v" are the exact same ones on the hatchback.

I wanted to add the details on the wrench hex sizes and the wiring, so the next buyer can be ready for the install.

Now, my "v" sounds like a large car.

 

That's exactly where I got mine. Just read the reviews. They are great horns. And, thy fit perfectly. The mounting holes and width o the brackets are the same size as the OEM horns. The clearance is perfect. I'm not sure if the ones from Japan that Toyota makes includes the extension cables. Since I've worked with electrical connectors on cars for nearly 50 years, the "pigtails" were easy to make. If I wanted to cut the hold downs on the harness, the "pigtails" may not be needed.

 

[quote="rdgrimes, post: 1912950, member: 113341"Also, both horns need to be bent back just a bit to avoid rubbing on the back side of the plastic grill.[/quote]

I placed the horns so that the apertures were towards the centerline of the car rather than the way they were shown in the instructions, so the horns did not rub on the grill, and I did not have to bend the horns' brackets.