Old Oct 4, 2010 | 08:53 AM
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You really have to get those horns as far to the left and right as possible. I ended up ditching the ebrake pedal in my Lexus, and it made a huge difference. I just did without one, but I guess you could rig up a handle near the console, or something, if you just had to have one. You can also trim the horn flange down, as long as you don't cut into the opening. From memory, I really didn't have any lip at all, on mine.

You also want to get them up as close to the dash as possible, and fill any gap that is left. Think of the sound as water, and the horns as nozzles. You want the water to have a single, clear path to your ears.

Down the road, you might also want to look at getting those midbass drivers out of the front doors, and down into the corners, under the horns. The horns are very loud, and quite directional. If you don't get the full range of frequencies coming from the area around the horn, you'll hear it...the sound will skip from the nice, level, stage created by the horns, to more of a point source, created by the midbass's as the frequency drops. Things like wide range female vocals will make this stand out badly.

All in all, looks like good work, though.


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