just bought a set of dixie horns

Loganthegreat1 · #1 10-21-2009, 03:05 PM

where the sam hill should i mount them?

Fx4wannabe01 · #2 10-21-2009, 04:41 PM

oh boy.....you're gonna make me dig up 5 year old pics!

I'll give you this while I search: pull your grille off, relocate your horn to the driverside, lightly sand and paint your trumpets black, make a mounting bracket for the compressor for the driverside behind the grille, I think I may have unbolted the headerpanel for a sleek nice install to get the top horn mounted into place..... my pics will show you everything you need to see...our trucks up front are virtually identical.

Fx4wannabe01 · #3 10-21-2009, 04:45 PM

EDIT:

Some posts I ripped from an old RF thread...

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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01

I had Dixie's on my ranger. My good pics are on my father's computer. But I removed the stock horn, relocated a new horn to the driver side of the core support. And in the place of the stock horn was, I mounted the 5 trumpets. Under the new horn, I made a bracket for the compressor/solenoid, also mounted to the core support. I'll put all my pics from the laptop onto my external, and post back in this thread.

Best pics i've found(on my cardomain).

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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01

BAM! Found my old disc.....I'll let the pics do the talkin'......any questions...just ask.

I'll get a pic later today of where I mounted the switch...as i still use the switch.

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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01

yea......adding 12ga wire instead of the 16ga i had helped speed it up somehow. Also found on that disc with the pics.....

Fx4wannabe01 · #4 10-21-2009, 04:48 PM

Also, you'll want the compressor as vertical as possible. My angle mount was a comprimise to fit with my horn and stay good looking.

Loganthegreat1 · #5 10-21-2009, 05:28 PM

thanks alot man i was having a hell of a time with that! ill have pics up and probably a video too! many thanks!

Fx4wannabe01 · #6 10-21-2009, 05:50 PM

Yeah man...no probs. I'm happy I didn't have to go disc huntin' for the pics! haha. I wanted a clean, good looking setup. I think I accomplished that. Ran it there for like a year then took it out. Out of highschool and it lost it's novelty to me. Still got the compressor bracket bolted to the truck.