How to Install Aftermarket Hella Horns

In this video, the little broski and I install some new horns on the Golf. The stock horns on the car worked, however they weren’t loud enough for our liking, so we decided to pick up a set of Hella Supertones, just like the horns I have in my Honda Accord, along with in my brother’s Mini Cooper.
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The new Hella’s were purchased on Amazon, and installing them was fairly simple. We could have installed the new horns in the OEM location, however because they look nicer than the OEM ones, we decided to relocate them so they could be seen from the front of the car.
If you have any questions regarding the video, you know what to do. Thanks for watching!! :)
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[@DylanTaylor]

0:33 stock horn 11:52 aftermarket horn

[@chrismclendon4937]

Thank you!!

[@sbomorse]

Stock was much better.

[@ripind07]

@@sbomorse I agree

[@unknownuser5367]

thanks

[@OGRH]

RIGHT?!? It’s like cutting off your nose to piss off your face! What the hell is going on, is there lead in the water? Those have always been the pussy horns, now people are doing it on purpose? There is no argument about the sound First set: powerful attention Second set: hamster chasing cheese 🧀

[@175myles]

The OEM ones sounded way better.

[@Zpalq]

also what is the stats of the pc in your profile pic?

[@175myles]

It's 5 years old, but still powers on. i7 2600k, Asus TUF z77, Asus 660Ti SLi, 16gb G-skill. I don't have most of the parts anymore, but I like the picture.

[@bigdaddymex2003]

Exactly my thoughts

[@aygwm]

Wow seriously all that work to make your horns sound worse

[@tonytober]

Agreed, but a horn is supposed to sound annoying, loud and catchy to get people's attention ASAP, which I think the Hella horns do the job well.

[@MrUltraworld]

The stock horns sounded better.

[@oscarmart1]

0:34 11:53

[@00j80]

yeah but these make the car look sick

[@atraxr603]

Cutting the original connector was completely unnecessary. You could have just plugged it into the original connector. You learn something every day I guess. Btw, stock ones sounded better.

[@RobRealistic]

I was like W TF! Why are you cutting the oem.... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@Typhlosion100]

I would’ve just ran the female connectors to the oem pigtail in case you decide to go back to original.

[@Sad0felix]

Let's be very, very generous, and assume the OEM females were much bigger than the fast-on he used. Now, he wrapped the 2 junctions without isolating them. Guess what's going to happen ...

[@Christian-si6no]

I think they're volkswagen connectors. Wouldn't work with the new horns.

[@bserna3673]

Be sure to separate those two new metal connectors you installed otherwise it will short out the circuit and blow your fuse. Staggering the new connection is a good way to keep them separate.

[@mmyrvold5494]

stop, stop, stop! You guys have to isolate the female and male connectors from touching! Now, as it is connected, they will short out. Use some electrical tape or headsrink. If they stop working, the fuse is burnt! its weird it worked at all if u ask me..

[@frenchkey]

finally somebody saw it

[@milanmastracci]

Because we did use it..

[@BattleB3rry]

quick question, when I received my kit it came with a weird 3 prong fuse that wasn't shown in your video, is that something I need or what cause I don't want to use it and have it cause a problem or not use it and have it cause a problem

[@dafewcha2110]

Noah Berry that weird three prong box is a relay you wire to your stock wire harness so you wont burn out your wire harness or horn button these guys doing it wrong

[@V1N_574]

If you did use some sort of isolation you have to show it since a lot of people that don't know about electrical stuff will see this and messed up their cars!!!!! Be responsible when uploading DIY videos!

[@walterfugate6520]

0:33 vs 11:52

[@edbassmasterplaylists4169]

Walter Fugate thanks

[@esqueue]

Saved me lots of time. I was just looking for a sound comparison.

[@josegonzalez6089]

Thank you

[@xkclearly666]

Walter Fugate A real one.

[@biker932012]

Good lord!!! Oems sounded way better.

[@hellomoto123ish]

Why in the hell would you use an extension wire where you don't need it...

[@omgvic]

Got some Hella horns for my 8G Accord months ago, but I've been lazy about installing them because of the splicing and wiring. Found out today that College Hills sells a wiring kit that uses the oem connector so they'll finally be going on. Thanks for the vid

[@ltdasilva93]

The bad paint match on the bumper upsets me

[@harris8390]

Right? It actually looked really bomb when they first dipped it but after the re-dip after the front bumper got hit it all went to shit.

[@surviveasl]

Its a primer not paint/plasti dip...

[@harris8390]

+Nabeel S Wow, didnt know that. Usually primer is a flat black. Maybe they should have re-dipped because the color contrast is obvious.

[@hamzad7605]

The bumper hasn't been painted

[@trippripp6398]

Harris Montevallo Afridi lol, scaly primer is usually grey

[@DavidB445]

Surely you could have used larger spade connectors and slid them into the OEM plugs? Saves cutting the loom up and can easily reinstall oem horns plug and play if you came to sell the car etc..

[@thesniperofcs]

that's right

[@nuhdhefurt8vyrfhvubw]

My thoughts exactly

[@michaelprice7005]

You beat me to it.

[@SupahEXPE00]

Precisely.

[@ronil_singh]

Cover the exposed connectors with electric tape to avoid short circuit.

[@Zolt9]

Thanks for the video bros, for everyone talking about the OEM sounding better, I believe its because they need to be close together, just like the OEM, other than that these are much louder

[@stevenharpervw]

I don’t give negative comments but fair play to you for making 13:32 min video out of replacing 2 horns, in eric the car guy couldn’t do that

[@sadzidsmajkic6181]

Original ones sounded much nicer, but that's just me. I think the upgrade is not worth the time and money.

[@teluvv66]

What a great pace of instruction with clear video angles to show you step by step on how to do this. Thank you so much. Keep up the good work. Digital hi-fives to all your helpers in the video :o)

[@finisher3x]

So you switched out a strong horn, for a wimpy horn?

[@tommyg413]

finisher3x yes they did, man-sized horn 📯 for little toy car 🚨 horns. Lol

[@milanmastracci]

*PEOPLE FREAKING OUT* In the video, I did not show you to wrap the connectors in electrical tape, however I mentioned it would be a good idea. We did do it and separated the positive and negative connectors so they wouldn't short out. The style of connector we used would not touch, but for added measures, you can wrap them. Look at 11:19 and look at the connector on the left, how it is insulated in the electrical tape.

[@vaioskaliakoudas6388]

milanmastracci you could also use a heat shrink tubing to insulate that tube

[@Hunter-ou5bw]

Or a female like that is connected to the horn, whit shrinktube around.

[@iratodd8867]

milanmastracci you didnt have to lengthen the driver side wires for the driver side horn

[@TheMedijuana]

Still you twist wires..... its wrong so stop doing/showing it. Electrical tape is a very poor replacement for shrinkwrap. You do so much cool stuff on your channel only to bum out hard on stuff like this. Watch a pro electrician its not that hard......

[@Silveradoguy]

Not seeing it wrapped can make some installers or electrical workers really cringe their teeth hahahaha I know I did

[@CHIBA280CRV]

Cool but I think the original horns sounded better ! And it does matter if the connections of negative and positive are correctly attached. The horn speaker will pulled in if they are in the incorrect polarity not giving you a clear and proper sounding horn ..try with a speaker , you'll see it pulls the speaker in instead of outward...

[@speedmaster001]

I would have used a wire adapter to mate with the OEM plug. This would give you a cleaner look and the ability to go back to stock if you are selling the car. Since you went the route you did, you could have used a heat shrink tubing at the end of the mesh wire sheathing. This will keep the end of the sheathing from splaying over time. Your stock horn actually sound better. I think the PIAA sports horn would sound better that the Hellas you've used here.

[@BobSlayer2000]

me too 🤦‍♂

[@dasarge84]

just for the recotd the hella supertones come in the trumpet style horns as well this style is most popular as the vibrating plate horns are actually much louder then trumpet horns

[@edgarmozqueda]

correct me if I'm wrong but you could snap only one connection straight to the horn and avoid all the extra cables and the bullshit male and female connectors 🤔🤔🤔

[@Matthewsmacku]

You made this video way more than it needed to be

[@cahman8]

A lot of vehicles you could simply put a male spade on your jumper going directly into the original wiring harness with out cutting it.

[@LuigiLong]

Really well demonstrated and made it look so easy, plug-and-play, just how I like it. Thank you guys so much!

[@milanmastracci]

Glad you liked it!

[@JeffreyMillerPA]

Curious about reliability. The new ones seem really exposed to debris versus the housing used to protect the OEM.

[@esanchezp]

I agree with the other, it sounded better with the stocks horn but I think it’s because they are far from each other. However, kudos on your very well done instructional video. Very detailed and very easy to follow. Great work guys 🤙👊

[@JDLC95]

Man, those exposed connectors. -1 point for Milan lol

[@soggytortilla066]

Yo my name is Milan too

[@sergedenovo2389]

@@soggytortilla066 -1 for you too. …Just on account of your name being the same as this hack. lol

[@soggytortilla066]

@@sergedenovo2389 no way really

[@alfa8587]

OEM much better.. The HELLA ones not even close by sound at all..

[@S_S_420]

True

[@iTeach79]

Excellent presentation. Your video is clear. Your instructions are concise. Thank you for this. Well-done.

[@charleshines6155]

what about some electrical tape or heat shrink tubing over the connection you made to the original wiring? It would prevent a short and the problems that come with it.

[@trippripp6398]

this guy repeats the same thing 47 times before he actually does what he says he's gonna do

[@rowdyrick7091]

Tripp Holland dude that is the truth like bruh ok ok yeah you said that ok fuck just do it already... but I still watch all his videos..

[@dh8176]

By far the best video on how to replace horns, thanks guys, will be giving it a go despite being a complete novice with cars lol

[@MrGetBad4u]

I put hellas in my STi. The red paint fades veryyyyy quick. I got them powder coated candy red and it works lovely. No more fading, rust or worries. Good video man. I ended up using a pre-made wiring harness for the STi on mine. But this works too.

[@milanmastracci]

Yeah the red on my hella's that are on my accord need some loving. Getting them powder coated is a good idea :)

[@MrGetBad4u]

+milanmastracci i got them powder coated about a year ago and it still looks like it did when i first got them done.

[@darkunicorn1208]

I can see how this would annoy neighbors and eventually contaminates through the bumper will destroy these horns. but I like the installation. very clean look.

[@stardic]

BRO! Those belong on a Subaru, but good video. They are amazing on the highway and for scaring animals out of the way.

[@jackiechan_wtf4041]

Why do they cater only to subaru, and not the rest of other cars?

[@Moores16]

+Jackie chan_WTF because Subaru.

[@jackiechan_wtf4041]

+Moores16 Back history? No? okay then.

[@Moores16]

+Jackie chan_WTF I'm not Google.

[@jackiechan_wtf4041]

+Moores16 Why did you reply to my original comment then? "because choices" haha. jk

[@HillbillyRednecking]

Those plastic ramps you're using work pretty well, even on the front end of an 8000 lb pickup

[@V4p3rcl0ud]

I use the same ones too, they are really good

[@jacobjohnson7815]

I'm surprised anything on this guy's car work. He twist wired his friends speakers together and didn't heat shrink and thing over it or anything. Have fun with electrical fires.

[@russellbrown9655]

Solid video. I'm sure you guys have seen the comments about the OEM horn sounding better, they just do. The Hella horns sounded like tin cans. But you guys are saving many others from doing the work with the hella horns

[@ramrajjiwanand1102]

hold up ... the spade clips are exposed and will short secondly the OEM horns sound better

[@appleman812]

long awaited video but its here !

[@mountainman6175]

Original so much better. New one made me picture a frenchman on a moped driving through Paris traffic pipping his horn

[@andrewschwallenberg140]

Yeah definitely do something to protect the terminals from the elements. Also, you can get heat shrink instead of that snake skin sheathing, works much better.

[@Cliffester]

You setting up your self for a blown fuse the first horn female connector you installed are of the same length you should have wrapped them in electrical tape to insulate them from each other.

[@Thebman-rg4pt]

If you hook the wires up backwards the speaker will phase in the opposite direction making it sound weird. So try it both ways if it sounds funky

[@keithc728]

one thing I would have done differently... When you placed the wiring in the sheathing. I would have put each wire in shrink tubing prior to putting it in the sheathing so the connectors were not touching. Good video though I am going to place them on my Mazda.

[@ulrichwillems6072]

OEM sounds much better imo

[@airsoft9077]

Yeah. I mean it's really just a style thing, I don't think anyone gives a dick what there horn sounds like unless it's a wheezing cat

[@unknownuser5367]

the “hella” horns sound like a toy car

[@shanec4441]

Yes OEM sounds better - I will take the originals

[@johnskinner3102]

The first wire could have reached to the horn without the extra wires and since u left connectors bare they can ground out

[@lucruz9990]

would have been better if you had used all 4 horns

[@MsCellobass]

Wow how vain does one have to be to show off parts of your car to go through the trouble of tweeking it so it’s more visible!?

[@MsCellobass]

If I have better breaks why would I wanna show it off ?? I just care that I am able to stop quickly and safely!!

[@MsCellobass]

I have a better air intake and changed out my back axle exhaust to had a bit more power but heck my civic looks just fine without showing off my upgrades😁😁😁

[@wolfmxbee214]

I just came across your channels and after watching this, am subscribed now!! As good as gingium, Adam lz, and kalvins garage!!

[@BMPFAEIndustries]

this is very rad, i am thinking of putting a train horn on my SUV.

[@OGRH]

You should’ve installed those two Hella horns first! Then make a video saying the last owner was an idiot and reinstalled the stock horns!

[@Wolvey10]

Being that it's right in front of a vent thing, won't water screw those up?

[@mikep490]

Disk horns are sealed.

[@OGRH]

Don’t worry the rubber thingies attached to the dangley doodads will keep water from getting into the round whatchamacallits. 👩🏾👱🏻‍♀️👨🏿‍🦳👨🏻‍🦳

[@domd99]

Can I ask why you didn't use the hella relay? Apparently it make the horns significantly louder. Great video as always!

[@jimcooper3048]

actually, that is why I went looking for vids like this ... I just got a pair of the same horns and I'm thinking the relay that came with them is probably for MORE AMPS (current) than the OEM teeny horn ... but the box has almost no instructions ... a visual diagram that doesn't explain itself at all. My GUESS is that the new relay can probably just swap out whatever horn relay is in the fuse block now ... but they don't say whether the OEM fuse should be increased. Probably not point in increasing the wire size, since the horn is not often 'on' for very long, so the wires won't heat up in that short time.

[@MrChris2Fur]

Damn, so many people getting on your case for the wiring haha :P

[@christianbugatticg]

"How to install twin turbos"

[@erniesbudolab]

Two observations: 1). The orientations of the horns will allow water and debris to enter the drivers. Normally, horns should be pointed downwards. 2) Polarity is important. If ground is connected to the positive post of the driver, the horn will “pull” instead of “push”. It will still make noise, but it won’t operate at full efficiency.

[@jimcooper3048]

Unfortunately, these hella horns do NOT have a + or - marked on the terminals. I just got a set today and one terminal has a 12 stamped into the solder, the other one has an 18 stamped into it. Basically NO instructions on how to install.

[@mr.tuckers2848]

Why weren’t relays used? I hope the current draw was considered otherwise before directly wiring straight from stock harness.

[@cop2506]

I like the older horn. It sounds more substantial, that high pitched noise is so annoying

[@waynerivilla7662]

I noticed that you did not pur any insulation to your connectors. The exposed metal of the connectors may touch each other.

[@angelguzman4955]

The old ones sound better nice job do

[@frankflores5647]

Good job guys.

[@antongeraldoy8031]

You should have covered the cut OEM plugs individually with E Tape. They will touch and you'll have a short.

[@reaper7actual135]

This dude is the king of doing the unnecessary 😂😂

[@jballze]

So, how long did it take before you shorted out 😂

[@andysgaragetherapy]

Great wiring video! I just picked up a set of Supertones and thought it might be complicated. Thanks for assuring me that it isn't! Cheers!

[@DustlessYeti76]

I was looking for this yesterday lmao

[@FrameBanginKyle]

If you were going to use quick connectors, how come you didn't just slide the connectors inti the factory harness and clip them to the female connectors inside the clip, that way if somebody decides to return to stock horns they can without splicing.

[@rickyb2200]

Connectors need heat shrink or electrical tape to prevent shorting out, they can touch each other or come in contact with metal !!!

[@RH-ib7bg]

Educational maybe but man those factory horns sound way way better. I would maybe put those on a vw beetle

[@GMWsho]

Mount them in the centre of the bumper :) just do it! :D

[@problemchild1976]

Thanks Useful - that first side you could have just put the female connectors on the OEM wires as they reach I’d also heat shrink the joints

[@rosegold-beats]

congratz on 60k

[@eagle2D2]

Wasn't the OEM plug female? Why not just pug the new male plug into the OEM plug?

[@Grey_f3z]

Yeah why do you want them sounding like a Toyota Yaris

[@MrKcool25]

Do I need to ground hella horns? A lot of people are saying that they need to have ground. I'm just going to replace stock and put them where are they at without messing with wiring. Also looks like a lot of water will be hitting them driving on a highway. I know they are water resistant but u hope they last.

[@kiharajon87]

Don't know why but most people remove your new horns to install your old better sounding horns, I went for ones that sounded exactly like the ones you removed

[@Sealion_by_Dr._Joe_Wallace]

So, does your mounting method mean that these horns are weather proof?

[@andrewcordova8400]

Dam that sounded pretty dope! I wanna do that

[@ElPadokiller]

i rather put in that position some fog lamps. Btw nice videos loving the golf series

[@robertbairt928]

Thanks 4 Dollar Store tip👍

[@edrick.g7993]

Non-car guys be like "wow, nice turbo setup down here"

[@biggaywizard]

I just picked up an '85 Tercel SR5 4X4 wagon that I want to build into a Apocalypse rally car, of course the horn doesn't work (and there's only 1!). Thank you for the install video, now I've got some ideas on what I want to replace the stock horn with and where' I'm going to mount them.

[@DELOS13]

that color though 😍 what color did you paint the car in??

[@spazzedoutpablotv2178]

Bro I love your vids I'm currently modifying my m4 and your vids give me inspiration

[@AzeOfSpadez]

"Up and uut" LOL i love this

[@diegoquintana9205]

Sounds like my sisters Nissan Sentra

[@DJ-vw6ov]

To address corrosion down the road; what I do is use heat shrink tubing and silicon. Just squeeze the silicon inside the heat shrink then as you heat the heat shrink the tubing will shrink and silicon should run out of both ends of the tubing (heat the tubing from the middle out towards the ends). Water tight seal. This will last until the horns die. Electrical tape will just not hold over time. Great video.

[@drprzulj]

8:42 seems like + and - could touch. I hope you isolated it.

[@majortom4543]

what could happen to the car if they touch?

[@NormEatsRice]

@@majortom4543 you ever divided by 0?

[@majortom4543]

@@NormEatsRice Have you ever answered a simple question?

[@NormEatsRice]

@@majortom4543 lmao you're duuuuuuuuuuumb bro

[@vegas_the_trucker1595]

Why didn't you connect the factory wires directly to the horn on the left side

[@charisstef]

Little messy with the electrical stuff, you should be little more carefull! Still great vids!

[@HenryBabcock]

Seems like a really bad idea for most speaker/horn types have the front of them facing directly forward into the rain/road water. It will blow through the bumper vent and directly into the new horns. There's a reason the oem horns are mounted facing toward the back of the vehicle. This helps avoids water collecting in them which eventually will cause them to fail. Someone can correct me, maybe these aftermarket horns are waterproof or some how impervious to such damage, but this is the case for most horns.

[@kyounglee333]

Are those horns water resistant??? I think the original horns sound better..🤔🤔🤔

[@loganwolverine9294]

Hi.. I have a question ..??.. You have install the horns without the relay what is in set...?? Regards..

[@hass1337]

love your vid btw arent they going to get dirty from the road grime

[@traymuse3810]

yes, he don't care papa

[@slashroxs11]

I gotta stop watching your videos, dude. After every video of yours i watch, i go out and spend hella money on my car 😩 keep it up! 👍🏻

[@GTiR23]

hella money on a Hella horn

[@UnitedWeBrap]

love it. keep up the fun and good work!

[@patrickmurphy1654]

If those two exposed connections touch. Pop goes a fuse.

[@andrewstroller6024]

Why didn’t you use another relay independently ? Wouldn’t that provide the loudest possible output from the horns by keeping the voltage stable