Different Horn

I know this is ridiculous and people are going to tell me i should spend my money elsewhere but everytime i honk my horn, and i have someone in the car, they tell me my horn sounds wimpy and gay. I noticed this when i first bought the car but never paid any mind to it. I just wanted to know if there was an aftermarket mazda horn that sounded more aggressive. Any input is much appreciated. thanks.

haha you dont want my input. http://youtube.com/watch?v=BkJwcR21VLk&mode=related&search= there put that in your car and NOONE will tell you that you have a wimpy horn

The train horn thing is funny, but to answer the orginal question....I thought the exact same thing!! Hahaha. After reading hundreds of reviews online, I have never seen anyone else mention it...but when I took it for a test drive, I thought the horn sounded kinda..weak. Almost as if it was saying "Hi guys! My names theodore! Excuse me please,  I am on a journey to candy land and I must make it to tea time by noon!"
I'm pretty sure all compact cars have a wimpy horn.
My solution: Instead of blowing your horn to get people out of the way, shout out of your window and give people the finger. This will no doubt earn back the respect of your friends! Good luck!

either that or get a transport truck horn  that would be pretty awesome. but yea i noticed that it is a wimpy sounding horn. but honestly what does it matter as long as it gives the message you want. in fact my friends dont think its wimpy... but then again my friends drive civics escorts and cavaliers.

I don't get to drive my wifes (and now 16yr. old daughter thinks she owns it) Mazda 3 much, but I do enjoy driving it when I get a chance. I honked the horn the other day and actually felt embarrased. What a silly sounding chirp.
The car is very sporty looking..6000 miles, Flint Mica black..fog lights, 5spd auto, 18 " wheels, sport touring model, moon roof, 2.3 litre engine. pretty snappy for what it is. Loves to be opened up on the highway and holds the road incredibly!! Very impressive sight but such a corny horn.
Still glad I bought the car!
 

There are several common replacement for the Mazda 3 horn.  The ones that come to mind are:

-Fiamm Freeway Blasters ~$30
-Hella Supertones ~$50
-Wolo dual tones ~$30
-Stebel nautilus ~$50

I personally have the Fiamm horns.  I replaced my horns after about six months of not being able to take it anymore.  It was a slightly annoying install because I kept them in the stock location and had to jury rig the mounting brackets to hold both horns.  Also because I didn't have jackstands at the time and I had to squeeze my head under the bumper in my driveway. ;)  Both the Fiamms and the wolos are trumpet style, whereas the hellas are disc style.  All of them sound much louder and far more robust with a full "horn" sound.  The stebel is a compact dual tone airhorn (the size of two cans of redbull) and sounds fantastic.  If I were doing it again I'd probably put that in.

All you need to install is the horns, a little bit of wire, a few blade crimp connectors, a screwdriver and a wire splicer/crimper tool.  Let me know if you have any questions about installing, etc.

Thanks for the ideas...I'll check them out!! I just viewed the train horn video posted earlier and I'm still laughing!! I am doing research right now on obtaining one of those. And I thought my Harley pipes were obnoxious...They are nothing compared to the sweet sound of a train blast.

it also scares the crap out of anyone around. that would be good haha. ahh i dont mind the horn personally. but the last car i drove was even worse lol. EL with the meep meep horn haha. soo its not too bad at all

Yes the Mazda horn is better than a meep meep. I don't blow the horn very often but when I do I'd like it to mean something rather than getting curious looks and giggles from the folks I'm blowing it at. The train horn would satisfy my needs quite well but there is an issue of dealing with my wants and my needs. Hard to justify the big horns. May have to go with ICSPOTS advice.

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it also scares the crap out of anyone around. that would be good haha. ahh i dont mind the horn personally. but the last car i drove was even worse lol. EL with the meep meep horn haha. soo its not too bad at all

 
thats called the roadrunner horn "meep meep"!!

Thanks a lot for the input. Its funny you post the train horn video. I was watching the exact one about a week ago and could not stop laughing. I kept checking youtube for more videos like that and only found one more. Sometimes you need a train horn for when you have an old person who cant hear and thinks they can get away with anything because they're old. How hard was the install, and about how long did it take?

haha its not my car. im not too sure but i assume it wouldnt take thaaaaat long. you gotta have an air compressor. and the train horn. i think its illegal while i think about it :P.

ya, im sure the cops could book you for 'excessive noise' or some crap like that.
but im sure it would be worth it.
i seriously think i'll buy an Air horn next year, just for the hell of it lol

just dont be stupid and blast it if there is a cop near by...

LOL its like your driving around see a cop. the cop is sleeping. blast the horn. he tickets you for waking him up :P that would be welllll worth it

Hmmm.  I had the car since July and never once used the horn.  I will try it tomorrow to see.  Embarassing you say.  Probably not as embarrassing as blasting my 80's rock from my sat at the street light.  Not cool by today's standards I imagine.

lets put it this way. if i were your son id be quite embarrased if there were some girls in the car next to you. by assuming that youd probably be one of those common fathers who would be like oooh son look girls haha. and the son would be like embarrased to crap... thats my father in a nutshell. loves to embarrass me in front of girlfriends. when your kids get bigger i am sure you will be doing the same thing. embarrass the crap right out of them. now as for me when i sit at hte front light i have a few different music going. my favourite song is turnin heads by mike jones :D (yea i like rap baha) buuuuuut if im feeling it ill put on some rush and be like yeaaaaaaaa. its all about different music. alla bout what yiou like :D

Off topic again.  Buuuttt.  When my daughter is old enough to embarrass, I will likley be the father with a shotgun and a baseball bat close at hand.  Beware.......

and ask the boyfriend to come downstairs for a minute. i need to show you something... This is my gun. you do anything wrong you will become good aquaintances with this right here. DO YOU UNDERSTAND KID. *kid crapping his pants and squeaks out* yes sir. haha ohh god if i see a guy liek that in the Toronto sun ill know its you be like he wasnt lying lmao

Fiamm Freeway Blasters low tone
 
very nice sound, loud and cheap $11.99 at Advance Auto
Make sure u get the low tone.
the stock horn is so weak, people wouldnt even hear it.
get ride of that piece of junk and dont waste your money on all those fancy horns man. I'm tellin ya 11 bucks at Advance

Thanks eastcoaster. i think $11 for a horn is very good. How was the install?

I got me one of them wolf whistle horns funny as hell i go drivin around and set off when im near all the good lookin chicks lol. I don;t need the reg. horn cuz if some does somethin stupid they'll be sure to here me yelling. I also just installed a train horn on my Homeboy's beat up dodge intrepid thing is loud as hell and since his car is so ragged looking cops cant tell where it came from...

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Fiamm Freeway Blasters low tone
 
very nice sound, loud and cheap $11.99 at Advance Auto
Make sure u get the low tone.
the stock horn is so weak, people wouldnt even hear it.
get ride of that piece of junk and dont waste your money on all those fancy horns man. I'm tellin ya 11 bucks at Advance

Incidentally the stock horn is a Fiamm high tone.  It's not quite as loud as the freeway blasters, but still adding the low tone to the stock would be better than the low tone by itself.

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Thanks eastcoaster. i think $11 for a horn is very good. How was the install?

If you have a way to lift the front end up (jackstands, etc.) then it's not that bad.  I can get you some pictures from another thread about this.

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I got me one of them wolf whistle horns funny as hell i go drivin around and set off when im near all the good lookin chicks lol. I don;t need the reg. horn cuz if some does somethin stupid they'll be sure to here me yelling. I also just installed a train horn on my Homeboy's beat up dodge intrepid thing is loud as hell and since his car is so ragged looking cops cant tell where it came from...

 
 
how diffilcult was the install on the air horn? and where did u put it?