How did you guys hook up your Hella horns?

DaKP00r · 09-02-2006, 12:49 PM

I ordered + got mine the other day, and im not the best with wiring but I was curious how you guys hooked them up? I got the diagram but I thought it would be close to plug and play as the stocker but maybe not?

Any help would be nice....

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hocman99 · 09-02-2006, 01:03 PM

dont use hella relay in my opinion...just get some wire and some male and female connectors & crimp & connect... ground to a near bolt & ur done... i honesty dont think that the hella relay is needed the factory one is fine... & i no ppl r going to say " im wrong its louder with the hella relay" but u know what even if it is.. which i dont think it is, the 5 dB difference doesnt matter when u unlease the horns on a dumb@ss driver

jared

Imprezive_04 · 09-02-2006, 01:54 PM

1st search
2nd they wouldn't put the relay in there if you didn't needed, but hey who follows directions anyway

DaKP00r · 09-02-2006, 01:54 PM

so just wire the power tabs together on the horn and ground them and tie the stock wire into the power wire?

*edit* lol its a wiring question i would prefer to not search cause wiring can get tricky, so why not just get a direct answer for the question i need?

Imprezive_04 · 09-02-2006, 02:05 PM

it has been answered 10000000000000000 times with diagrams and everything you could possibly want to know for the 3 or 4 different ways people hook them up, not to mention the 2 diagrams that comes in the box with the horns

tacomaprime · 09-02-2006, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hocman99

dont use hella relay in my opinion...just get some wire and some male and female connectors & crimp & connect... ground to a near bolt & ur done... i honesty dont think that the hella relay is needed the factory one is fine... & i no ppl r going to say " im wrong its louder with the hella relay" but u know what even if it is.. which i dont think it is, the 5 dB difference doesnt matter when u unlease the horns on a dumb@ss driver

jared

Please don't give out information that you are obviously not up to date on yourself. The relay is there for a reason. And I am pretty sure that there are multiple threads where people hooked them up without the relay and complained that they weren't loud enough, so they went back and hooked them properly using the relay and said they were louder with it.

tacomaprime · 09-02-2006, 02:18 PM

This is the diagram you want to use to hook them up. I used them as have multiple people on here. If you do it this way, they will be as loud as they were designed to be.

jk988 · 09-02-2006, 02:49 PM

^That's the way I wired mine in. Hella provides the relay for a reason.

dauss · 09-02-2006, 02:54 PM

The relay that came up with mine was not functioning. I just used the stock wiring. I compared it to another person who wired it the relay and they sounded about the same.

RP31 · 09-02-2006, 03:49 PM

Correct me if I am wrong, but it's possible to just take out the stock horns, connect the supertones right to the existing wiring (without changing the female connectors), ground them, and they'll work. It's that simple.

But mine are hooked up in the same way as the diagram that was posted earlier.

dauss · 09-02-2006, 03:52 PM

thats the way mine are hooked up, just took off the stockers, and then spliced some more wire so it would reach to my mounting location.

REX8 · 09-02-2006, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ADIDAS

Please don't give out information that you are obviously not up to date on yourself. The relay is there for a reason. And I am pretty sure that there are multiple threads where people hooked them up without the relay and complained that they weren't loud enough, so they went back and hooked them properly using the relay and said they were louder with it.

Double post below...

REX8 · 09-02-2006, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ADIDAS

Please don't give out information that you are obviously not up to date on yourself. The relay is there for a reason. And I am pretty sure that there are multiple threads where people hooked them up without the relay and complained that they weren't loud enough, so they went back and hooked them properly using the relay and said they were louder with it.

THE RELAY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LOUDNESS!!!!!

Do you guys even know a relay works?????

The reason they may be louder with the relay is IF you use thicker wiring then the OEM horn wires....

That has absolutely nothing to do with the relay.

The CHEAP Hella relay is a $2 off the self 12v automotive relay...crapper than the ones used on your factory horns....its the WIRING that can make a difference...

FYI: Hella's POS relay worked for about 6 months....before it blew out...

On the facotry wiring 1 year and counting.....zero sound difference....

So please...lets just keep the information correct...

REX8 · 09-02-2006, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jk988

^That's the way I wired mine in. Hella provides the relay for a reason.

And what is that reason????

Answer: So you can run your OEM horns with the hella's and not over load your wiring....

If anything....the OEM 12v relay is higher quality than the POS Hella Pep-Boys relay....

REX8 · 09-02-2006, 04:13 PM

You boys and your magic $2 12v relay

jk988 · 09-02-2006, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by REX8

And what is that reason????

Answer: So you can run your OEM horns with the hella's and not over load your wiring....

If anything....the OEM 12v relay is higher quality than the POS Hella Pep-Boys relay....

Calm down. And your answer above is my answer.

FYI, I've had my hella relay for over a year and it has not blown. In fact, I liked it so much that I bought another one for my radar detector. It's all in the wiring.

dibblejr · 09-02-2006, 06:30 PM

Which model Hella's is everyone using? I have been contimplating and want to install for the next 7 month driving season (snow).

crazyGC8 · 09-02-2006, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dibblejr

Which model Hella's is everyone using? I have been contimplating and want to install for the next 7 month driving season (snow).

Supertones, I think...

ekw · 09-03-2006, 09:37 AM

the "made in Germany", 118db Supertones

dibblejr · 09-03-2006, 05:22 PM

Now we are talking i have seen others thats why I asked. Horns will be the final mod to my car until I blow her up.

QUOTE=ekw;15116476]the "made in Germany", 118db Supertones[/quote]

fastlanerex · 02-10-2008, 05:15 PM

Great diagram should be made a sticky or sent in to scooby mods.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ADIDAS

This is the diagram you want to use to hook them up. I used them as have multiple people on here. If you do it this way, they will be as loud as they were designed to be.

09-02-2006, 12:49 PM	#1
DaKP00r Scooby Newbie Member#: 113636 Join Date: Apr 2006 Chapter/Region: NESIC Location: Around NH... Vehicle: 2007 Stg2 STI #277 06 YZ450F	How did you guys hook up your Hella horns? I ordered + got mine the other day, and im not the best with wiring but I was curious how you guys hooked them up? I got the diagram but I thought it would be close to plug and play as the stocker but maybe not? Any help would be nice.... * Registered users of the site do not see these ads.

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09-02-2006, 01:03 PM	#2
hocman99 Scooby Newbie Member#: 110434 Join Date: Mar 2006 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: wayne, nj Vehicle: 2004 04 wrx psm nyeaa & cuhhh	dont use hella relay in my opinion...just get some wire and some male and female connectors & crimp & connect... ground to a near bolt & ur done... i honesty dont think that the hella relay is needed the factory one is fine... & i no ppl r going to say " im wrong its louder with the hella relay" but u know what even if it is.. which i dont think it is, the 5 dB difference doesnt matter when u unlease the horns on a dumb@ss driver jared

09-02-2006, 01:54 PM	#3
Imprezive_04 Scooby Specialist Member#: 104591 Join Date: Jan 2006 Chapter/Region: MAIC Location: Chambersburg, PA Vehicle: 02 Zed06 08 Evo X	1st search 2nd they wouldn't put the relay in there if you didn't needed, but hey who follows directions anyway

09-02-2006, 02:05 PM	#5
Imprezive_04 Scooby Specialist Member#: 104591 Join Date: Jan 2006 Chapter/Region: MAIC Location: Chambersburg, PA Vehicle: 02 Zed06 08 Evo X	it has been answered 10000000000000000 times with diagrams and everything you could possibly want to know for the 3 or 4 different ways people hook them up, not to mention the 2 diagrams that comes in the box with the horns

09-02-2006, 02:18 PM	#7
tacomaprime Scooby Specialist Member#: 70572 Join Date: Sep 2004 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: Cybertron Vehicle: 2005 Tacoma Blue	This is the diagram you want to use to hook them up. I used them as have multiple people on here. If you do it this way, they will be as loud as they were designed to be.

09-02-2006, 02:49 PM	#8
jk988 Scooby Newbie Member#: 60959 Join Date: May 2004 Location: City of St. Louis Vehicle: '03 WRX	^That's the way I wired mine in. Hella provides the relay for a reason.

09-02-2006, 02:54 PM	#9
dauss Scooby Specialist Member#: 108369 Join Date: Feb 2006 Chapter/Region: MAIC Location: Silver Spring, MD Vehicle: 2005 CGM WRX Wagon 68HTA	The relay that came up with mine was not functioning. I just used the stock wiring. I compared it to another person who wired it the relay and they sounded about the same.

09-02-2006, 03:49 PM	#10
RP31 Scooby Specialist Member#: 123574 Join Date: Aug 2006 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: Hanover Park, IL Vehicle: 2005 2.6L 9:1 425WHP CGM STi	Correct me if I am wrong, but it's possible to just take out the stock horns, connect the supertones right to the existing wiring (without changing the female connectors), ground them, and they'll work. It's that simple. But mine are hooked up in the same way as the diagram that was posted earlier.

09-02-2006, 03:52 PM	#11
dauss Scooby Specialist Member#: 108369 Join Date: Feb 2006 Chapter/Region: MAIC Location: Silver Spring, MD Vehicle: 2005 CGM WRX Wagon 68HTA	thats the way mine are hooked up, just took off the stockers, and then spliced some more wire so it would reach to my mounting location.

09-02-2006, 04:13 PM	#15
REX8 Scooby Guru Member#: 24038 Join Date: Sep 2002 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Godspeed Cale...	You boys and your magic $2 12v relay

09-02-2006, 06:30 PM	#17
dibblejr Scooby Guru Member#: 94070 Join Date: Aug 2005 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Dirty South Vehicle: 73 DL Race Car WRB/ Yellow SUby Logo	Which model Hella's is everyone using? I have been contimplating and want to install for the next 7 month driving season (snow).

09-03-2006, 09:37 AM	#19
ekw Scooby Specialist Member#: 92141 Join Date: Jul 2005 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: in a guardrail near you Vehicle: 2004 WRB STi TiC,RCE Kartboy &Cobb-Jorge tuned	the "made in Germany", 118db Supertones

09-03-2006, 05:22 PM	#20
dibblejr Scooby Guru Member#: 94070 Join Date: Aug 2005 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Dirty South Vehicle: 73 DL Race Car WRB/ Yellow SUby Logo	Now we are talking i have seen others thats why I asked. Horns will be the final mod to my car until I blow her up. QUOTE=ekw;15116476]the "made in Germany", 118db Supertones[/quote]