Chrome Quad Air Horns - Painful!

w/ All-in-one air system

This Package Includes:

• Chrome Quad Air Horn
• 110 PSI compressor w/ 3L tank
• Pressure switch, air pressure gauge, and air fittings pre-installed
• Air Tubing (12 feet.  If you feel you may need more, please contact us for a price quote)
• Horn Button
• Mounting Hardware & Instructions
• SOUND CLIP

The Horns:

Need to make a big noise, but only have a little room? These train horns can fit in almost any vehicle, but deliver the big sound you need. Don’t be fooled by their size – they may be small but they pack a punch that can rival any air horn out there. Easy to fit, glistening chrome finishing and tuned train horn sound; these horns are the complete package.

Air Horn Specifications:

• Overall Dimensions: 13.75"L x 7"W x 6.5"H
• Trumpet Lengths: 13.75", 11.5" & 9"
• Trumpets Bell Width: 3.75"
• DB output: 150.2 db
• Construction: Chrome plated zinc alloy
• SOUND CLIP

The Compressor:

Our specialized compressor kits will make you horns really sing. All of our compressor systems come complete with a 12 volt compressor, air tank, pressure switch and mounting hardware. These compressor kits are built for performance and easy installation.

• One-piece tank compressor system
• Dimensions: 15.75" L x 5.25" W x 6.75" H
• Max Working Pressure: 110 PSI
• Tank Capacity: 3 liters
• Pressure Switch Settings: 85 PSI on, 105 PSI off
• Duty Cycle: 15%
• CFM @ 0 PSI: 1.17
• Amp Draw: 17
• Thermal Protection: Yes

**This compressor can not get wet or dirty**

Click here to see this horn kit with a water/dust resistant compressor system.  Great for installs on pickup trucks. 

Not all compressors that look alike are alike. Read here to find out why.

Intrigued by the weight difference, we took out the ol' chop saw and cut both tanks in half. Using a micrometer, we measured the thickness of the walls in the tanks. The knockoff tank was 20% thinner in some places, 12% thinner in other places and the same thickness in a few places too. Not only did they scrimp on the tank walls, but the quality control was lousy.

Next, we took the compressors apart. That's where it got interesting.

The first thing we saw when we removed the cover was the size of the piston shafts (see red arrows). Our manufacturer uses a double sized piston shaft to connect the piston to the motor. The shaft on the knockoff compressor is half the size. This was one of the parts that people who purchased the knockoff compressors were looking to replace. Also, the knockoff piston shaft is just pressed into place. Ours is bolted into place (see blue arrows), so even if there were replacement shafts available for the knockoff compressor, there would be no way to put the new one on. The oversized shaft and bolt attachment only cost a few cents more in the manufacturing process. We were surprised that they would scrimp on something so inexpensive!

The next thing we did was open up the motor itself, and this picture almost speaks for itself. The armature (pictured above) is the heart of the motor. The more powerful the magnets, and the more copper windings, the more power the motor will generate. The magnets in the Chinese knockoff were 18% smaller than the magnets in our compressor, but that was nothing compared to the difference in the copper windings. The photo shows the difference between the tightly packed copper windings on our armature and the sparse, loosely wound armature in the knockoff. When we unwound all the copper and from both armatures and weighed it, ours had 3 times the copper windings. This explained why so many of the knockoff compressors burned out - the motor was way undersized for the job!

The Bottom Line: Cheaper goods are just that - cheaper goods. While many Ebay sellers come and go, we've been a successful Ebay merchant since 1999. We've done this by providing high quality goods at a fair price. We could have bought the $25 compressors from mainland China and probably could have sold a lot of them, but that would have been a disservice to our customers. You can always be confident in what you buy from MyPushcart!.