FIAMM 32741660533 66053 Horn

After reading a number of reviews and comments online about the original Dixie Horn that was a trademark of the 1969 "General Lee" Dodge Charger in the 1980's Dukes of Hazzard TV show and 2005 Movie, and listening to some sound clips, I decided that the FIAMM 66053 was probably as close to the original Jubil-aire/Jubilee horn that is no longer manufactured. Based on the sound clip provided by WOLO, their horn has at least one trumpet that is not hitting the correct note (it's flat!:)http://wolo-mfg.com/media/wysiwyg/sound/specialty_horns/430.wavThe FiAMM has the full 12-note compressor and when oiled with a few drops of air tool oil, wired correctly, and located close to the trumpets with the shortest possible equal lengths of tubing, does sound just like the horn in the show - no flat notes!https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Su99pnKMZqoThat said, there are couple of things to mention:The compressor does not include a "latching" relay. That means that it does not "cycle" the melody once with a momentary push of the horn button and stop at the end. Unless you have the electical talent to create something that will time-out the compressor, you will have to hold the button down until the tune completes. Otherwise you will not get the "Dukes of Hazzard" horn - you will get part of it somewhere in the middle at-random.Also, there is a brief 1-2 second delay from the time the horn button is depressed until the compressor "spools up" enough initial air pressure to start the horns.For this reason, I would highly recommend wiring a completely independent horn switch/circuit for these as an auxilliary horn, and leaving the OEM horns connected to the steering wheel as the primary horn. By the time thes horns sound, it may be too late to warn the driver you intended to. Also, you can't just "tap' "tap" these horns to give an unattentive driver ahead of you a "polite nudge". Once the first horn sounds, it is very loud, and you will have to either play the entire 12 notes or have them start mid-tune the next time you want to sound them.The compressor has a normal distinctive "whiring" sound that you may hear inside the car if you sound the horn with the windows up or the engine off. (It's a rather powerful motor on the compressor and I added sound deadening to the base and mtg bracket on mine) However, no one outside the car will be hearing it while the horn sounds - so no worries!Finally, they are bright flaming shiny signal red! If you don't want to show them through you grille to everyone, you will have to plan you mounting very carefully... or... give them a light dusting with some flat black spray paint.General Installation Notes:Unless you have a large vehicle with a generous space behind the grille, it may take a considerable amount of time to do some arranging and test-fitting to get the compressor and all five trumpets suitably arranged.Although many do and claim it works fine, FIAMM does not recommend that the horns be installed inside the engine compartment. Having built airhorns as a hobby, I understand that the heat from extended idling in city congestion could possibly distort the horn's power chamber and affect the diaphragm - resulting in an out-of-tune or failed note. It may also adversely affect the compressor function or life. Unless you do a lot of highway driving or have a very airy engine compartment, it's best to install everything away from the engine. That can make planning and installation of musical air horns time-consuming on some smaller cars.You will want easy access to the compressor because it should be oiled periodically. At the same time you don't want it where it will be constantly exposed to dirt and water. I found that somewhat tricky. Based on the recommended tubing length, if the horns are behind the grille, your compressor will end up less than 12" away. The horns are pretty much okay as long as the trumpets point down and any roadspray can drain, but you'd want to limit the exposure of your compressor. That's a little difficult given the locations and distances, but aim for it if you can. With a $34 eBay set, I wouldn't worry about it but a $100 set of FiAMMs... well...The shorter and heavier gauge the wire to the compressor, the better. So definitely make use of the included relay and find a location close to the battery with a 30a inline fuse. This is highly recommended for proper compressor speed - otherwise the horn may sound slow or anemic. I personally used 8AWG, but 12AWG should work okay unless you are running a long distance from the batteryThe kit comes with a mfg recommended maximum length of tubing. This length is particularly suitable if you can manage a 5-abreast mounting behind the grille with the trumpets facing downward. Mounting the compressor on a vertical bracket, bewteen the 2nd/3rd horn would be ideal - rather than at the end of the row, because it's easier to keep the tubing lengths almost identical to all 5x trumpets that way. The more identical the tubing lengths are, the more accurate the timing of the air hitting the horn is - for that "correct" tune. If any hose is significantly longer, that note will lag slightly in timing and affect the rythm of the tune. Remember that are 12 notes for for 5 trumpets - depending on which horn is affected, it could screw-up up to 3 or more of those 12 notes!The actual installation of the horns and compressor is fairly quick and straight forward, once you have the locations for the components planned out - especially if you don't have to fabricate mounting brackets. The horns and the nipples on top of the compressor have color coded matching rings to make the tubing simple.I would suggest cutting a pc of twine or cord to the full length of the provided tubing. Then route it as you intend to with the tubing. Starting between the compressor and the horn that is the (slightly) furthest away first, you can either cut off each pc. or mark it and then span the next run between compressor and horn. Doing this want to make sure that there would be enough tubing to reach all five trumpets, without running out of cord / twine.Guard againsta routing that would be putting too sharp a bend at either end or the tubing. Too sharp a bend may eventually flatten the tube, and delay (or prevent) that horn from sounding. Allow a little slack. If you find yourself running short of cord/twine on the last horn, you may need to move the compressor closer or rearrange the horns.Using the twine or cord, you can always cut another length and try again - without ruining the actual tubing!Personal Experience:I installed this kit on a Japanese import.(Yes, not everyone has a General Lee replica to install these horns on - nor should there be a law against it! LOL ;D) )On my 2008 Scion xB, I was able to fit the trumpets and the compressor between the bumper and a billet grille without any of the bright red trumpets being obvious. It required custom fabrication of 2x vertical brackets made of 1/8" thick x 1-1/2 wide 6061 T6 aluminum flat bar - one for the compressor and a much longer one for the horns. After several test fits and a few hole redrills in the mounting bar, I found a pattern of / | \ and --|-- that allowed me to squeeze all 5 trumpets into the area visibly covered by the center bumper and still within range of the compressor. This install has the compressor tucked into the 'corner' between the grille and condenser/radiator with the oil-hole facing where I can access it. Although this location is partially obsured by custom LED driving lights mounted on the bumper, just ahead of the grille, I still thought it best to cover the oil hole between oilings with a small square of friction tape to keep any water or contaminants out.My other option would have been to remove the outer bumper fascia and mount everything to a bracket inside the cavernous space ahead of the passenger front wheel and under the windshield washer tank. The advantage being that it is away from the engine and there's enough room to mount all 5x trumpets in-a-row (facing downward) and the compressor inbetween - on the same bracket! However. access to the compressor for periodic oiling would require, at-best, partial removal / release of the inner wheel well skirt (if not the bumper). Obviously, I decided against that.I have had the horns installed as my auxilliary/novelty horns, connected to a custom horn press-switch for about a month now and it plays perfectly at the correct speed and in-tune. I located the switch in a knockout/blank to the right of the shifter in the center console and wired the OE dash-illumination matching switch to the headlamp circuit so that it looks like a mfg option.I have been pleased with the product, the quick Amazon S&H, and the performance so far and would recommend it to anyone.

The media could not be loaded. This horn was simple to install and is the closest to sounding like the original horn from the series, take a listen for yourself

Just received my dixie horn today. My horns came in black. It came with all of the screws and bolts for the horns and compressor. Doesn't have a bracket though. I did do some fun installation and got the compressor and 3 of the horns between the grill and the metal plate. Then on the other side I put the other 2 under the bonnet. I thought I would use some english. So i mean hood. It also came with 90 inches of tubing, the compressor and five horns. It has a bosh style relay came with it. wish i would've known because before i bought this i installed the switch so it would just plug in. so i already bought one but i have a spare now. the horns and compressor are color coded so they are simple to get right. but it took me about 5 hours to wire up a switch with a relay so i guess it was nice to have that already in there. cause it took me a while because i didn't use any other brackets other than the ones that were on my truck when it was build. took me about 4 hours of tinkering around to find out where to put them. I have the hoses at 18 inches right now because that is the farthest out one of the horns is away from the compressor. the pitch is a little higher than the original. I think it may be because of the length of my hoses though. doesn't bother me. at least it is not as bad as wolo. even though wolo is the real brand of dixie. it is pretty humorous because i drive an 89 ford ranger. so it is a dinky truck with a big dixie horn. I love it. Go with fiamm and you'll love it too.

All these people complaining about "not enough hose" or "had to buy extra stuff to mount it" have probably never been inside a hardware store...or just aren't the DIY type of people. I went to Home Depot and bought a couple L brackets, some 1/4 inch bolts, and some air hose. Total it cost me about 10 more bucks to get everything I needed to mount. As far as wiring I ordered a horn relay switch from wolo; made the wiring so much easier. Finding a place to mount it was a pain in the rear, but I ended up mounting the compressor in the engine bay and the horns behind the grill. I would definitely recommend it.

I unfortunately no loner have this horn but it was perhaps the best purchase that I have ever made haha. I have great memories of flying around corners and blasting my Dixie Air Horn. My neighbors hated me. It was a great quality horn, but after a year or so the compressor began to die. I had heard that this was an issue in other reviews, I just had no idea that it would happen so soon. I would love to get another one of these in the future, I just hope that newer models have a better compressor than they did seven years ago.

Horns sound great but compressor doesn’t last. I’ve been through 4 now in less than a year. If I could order just the horns and find a compressor elsewhere that’s what I would do and recommend everyone else to do. Like I said though they are by far the best sounding Dixie horns I’ve ever came across (comparable to the dukes of hazard show) if only they made a good compressor.

Loud, clear. Best Dixie horns available.My only gripe... not enough air hose, be prepared to buy some extra if your a do a linear mounting.You can’t have tight turns or the hoses will kink.

This horn was probably the best one i ever heard besides the General Lees of coarse i was looking for a dixie horn for my 1969 dodge charger and heard this one at the duke fest 2008 And aginst a wolo this is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000times beter this actualy sounds like a dixie horn not some little toy that breaks whenever your kid drops it (hence my kid droped and broke a wolo) a summary of this item is looks good (red not purple)sounds good and exceptionaly easy to install only a retard couldent install it.