Horn volume

cmb263 · 06-30-2019, 07:23 PM

Does anyone know what the decibel level on the 2018 SS horn is? Is there any way to make the volume louder?

arpad_m · 06-30-2019, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by cmb263

Does anyone know what the decibel level on the 2018 SS horn is? Is there any way to make the volume louder?

Some douche cut you off, eh? I almost got bumped into the other day by a half-asleep texting warrior at a red light, who started slowly rolling back into me and I had nowhere to go (another car directly behind me)... fortunately he heard my horn symphony just in time.

So the horn isn't overly loud for sure, but I don't think the volume can be changed, it looks like an old school hardwired solution.

Gunkk · 06-30-2019, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by cmb263

Does anyone know what the decibel level on the 2018 SS horn is? Is there any way to make the volume louder?

Go stand in front of it with your cellphone and a sound meter app and hold down the panic button on your remote.

Then take off the bumper, reposition the horn so it's pointing directly out the front of the car. Then it will be louder. Hell there's enough room to install a train horn up front if you really think you need one.

29er · 07-01-2019, 11:59 AM

install another one just beside it. then you'll have 2 horns that blows at same time.

cmb263 · 07-01-2019, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by 29er

install another one just beside it. then you'll have 2 horns that blows at same time.

Have looked at some pretty inexpensive after market horns that will solve the problem but was just trying to look for an easier way out than having to remove the bumper to do the work!

Mighty Mouce · 07-01-2019, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by cmb263

Does anyone know what the decibel level on the 2018 SS horn is? Is there any way to make the volume louder?

Can't you change the volume, tone, musical tunes from the display settings??

nicktechla · 07-01-2019, 02:51 PM

add these

https://www.amazon.com/HELLA-0030016...15128966&psc=1

Wyzz Kydd · 02-10-2022, 10:05 AM

Get some kind of PA system. Then you can just tell them whatever you want.

ctrlz · 02-10-2022, 10:40 AM

The repositioning/aiming idea sounds good.
I don't know the SPL for the stock horn. You can probably measure it with a cell phone app to get the ball park. Measure it at 1 m or so, as any comparison with aftermarket horns will list the SPL at a distance form the source, likely 1 m.

TXCSSU · 02-10-2022, 01:24 PM

This definitely seems like a NJ problem...

arpad_m · 02-10-2022, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by TXCSSU

This definitely seems like a NJ problem...

Not gonna lie, it's bad up there. Nothing like NYC, though... these things are somewhat relative

David Zak · 02-11-2022, 09:36 AM

Years ago I hated the puny-sounding horn on my '84 Celebrity so I installed a pair of Fiam air horns. THAT will get their attention!

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=auto+air+...f=nb_sb_noss_1

ctrlz · 02-11-2022, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by TXCSSU

This definitely seems like a NJ problem...

yeah, I'm glad I live in south jersey, which might as well be a separate state, except the taxes are just as sh!tty.

Camaro_QC · 02-11-2022, 02:58 PM

And I'm sure that when you're in the car it is deadening the sound a little so it feels it is not loud but it is from the outside.

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29er Drives: 14 1LE Garage King Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: MTL Posts: 1,519 View My Garage	install another one just beside it. then you'll have 2 horns that blows at same time.

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Wyzz Kydd Banned Drives: 2018 Camaro SS1 1LE Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,595	Get some kind of PA system. Then you can just tell them whatever you want.

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ctrlz Drives: 2017 2SS, 50th pkg, M6, MRC, NPP Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Ocean City, NJ Posts: 3,181	The repositioning/aiming idea sounds good. I don't know the SPL for the stock horn. You can probably measure it with a cell phone app to get the ball park. Measure it at 1 m or so, as any comparison with aftermarket horns will list the SPL at a distance form the source, likely 1 m.

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TXCSSU Account Suspended Drives: 2022 ZL1 M6/Nissan Leaf Join Date: May 2016 Location: Dallas Posts: 1,138	This definitely seems like a NJ problem...

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David Zak Drives: 2020 Cadillac XT4, 2022 LT1 Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: Warren, Ohio Posts: 38	Years ago I hated the puny-sounding horn on my '84 Celebrity so I installed a pair of Fiam air horns. THAT will get their attention! https://www.amazon.com/s?k=auto+air+...f=nb_sb_noss_1

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