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Custom Horn Kits Fit Any Vehicle
Tired of not being noticed in traffic? Matt Heller was, so he did something about it. He mounted an air horn in his Chevy S10 pickup. He had so much fun with it that two years later he started Hornblasters, a source for unique air horn kits that let the world know where you are.
"I was always getting cut off
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Custom Horn Kits Fit Any Vehicle PICKUPS Accessories 30-3-34 Tired of not being noticed in traffic? Matt Heller was, so he did something about it. He mounted an air horn in his Chevy S10 pickup. He had so much fun with it that two years later he started Hornblasters, a source for unique air horn kits that let the world know where you are.
"I was always getting cut off," recounts Heller. "I'm a railroad enthusiast, so I found a locomotive air horn and mounted it on the S10. After two years of people asking where I got the kit, I decided to start selling them."
Hornblasters offers four-horn locomotive style horns, real locomotive horns, boat horns, novelty horns and even PA (public address) system horns. The PA system horn offers the ability to talk through the built-in microphone, play back 80 built-in songs and sound effects or to record and play back music.
Kits include everything needed to install the horn, including switches, relays, air tank, compressor and mounting hardware. Horns are also available by themselves for vehicles already outfitted with an air system. Prices range from $199.95 for the PsychoBlaster horn kit with two horns and a 5-liter tank to $2,379.95 for a five-horn actual train horn system with a five-gallon air tank. Horns alone range from $42 to $1,999.
"The four-horn kit is really popular as all four horns are individually mounted so they're easy to adapt to any vehicle," says Heller. "The single horn PA system has really taken off as well. Other sets that mount as a unit require more space."
Mounting even the bigger sets is simple once you find the room, says Heller. "A person with average skills can mount them in two to three hours with only an adjustable wrench and drill," he says. "You could even use zip ties if you wanted."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Hornblasters, 719 Lee Street, Wildwood, Fla. 34785 (ph 352 330-6256; fax 813 286-7789; sales@hornblasters.com; www.hornblasters .com).
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