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do you need a horn for SVA ?
finlay - 3/12/07 at 12:52 PM

hi

stupid question but

do you need a horn for SVA

cheers


twybrow - 3/12/07 at 12:54 PM

No! Just for MOT...


graememk - 3/12/07 at 12:58 PM

nope but you will need one as every pulls out infront of you, so you might as well put one in whilst your doing it.

fit a really loud one off a train or something for a laugh.

[Edited on 3/12/07 by graememk]


balidey - 3/12/07 at 01:09 PM

quote:
in whilst your doing it.

fit a really loud one off a train or something for a laugh.



Yeah, because no cars EVER get hit by trains do they


blakep82 - 3/12/07 at 01:19 PM

http://www.air-horns.co.uk/products.asp?u=HLLDKFHNLKEJCACKFIFIHCJH&deptid=121&p=1


Duncan_P - 3/12/07 at 01:30 PM

Ok, not the lightest of horns....and you would probably go deaf after using it a few times in a seven.

But.....

....it would be amusing


brynhamlet - 3/12/07 at 01:40 PM

I'm deaf from the carbs which are just about three feet in front off me with a X-flow, so a noisy horn wouldn't make any difference.

Can you still get the musical horns which you could get in the 80's??


blakep82 - 3/12/07 at 01:45 PM

quote:
Originally posted by brynhamlet
I'm deaf from the carbs which are just about three feet in front off me with a X-flow, so a noisy horn wouldn't make any difference.

Can you still get the musical horns which you could get in the 80's??


take your pick

http://www.air-horns.co.uk/products.asp?u=HLLDKFHNLKEJCACKFIFIHCJH&deptid=148


speedyxjs - 3/12/07 at 01:46 PM

Dont think the are legal though


tks - 3/12/07 at 02:40 PM

nope, a legal horn only produced one table sound/tone.

sow no songs etc.

Tks


iank - 3/12/07 at 03:44 PM

I think the legality depends on the age of the car they are fitted to (like a lot of things that have been banned over the years). ie if two tone horns would have been legal when it was new you would be ok. I'd be more worried about looking a complete tosser though


pewe - 3/12/07 at 04:02 PM

Maserati air horns - still going strong!
Pity I junked the Colonel Bogey ones just before I started the build.
Cheers, Pewe
PS only readers of a certain age will know what I'm talking about or am I wrong?
PPS look at my face - do I look like a tos*er or what - am I bovvered?

[Edited on 3/12/07 by pewe]


britishtrident - 3/12/07 at 05:27 PM

Air horns bring more problems than they are worth --- you have to keep the compressor lubricated, they can suffer from water ingress but the big problem is the considerable delay between pushing the horn button and the sound coming out.

Musical and two tone horns have been banned for nearly 40 years -- so no chance even on an age related plate.

[Edited on 3/12/07 by britishtrident]


caber - 3/12/07 at 07:31 PM

SVA tester tested my horn as it was there. I have a tiny we thing off some scrapper cost nothing makes enough noise in town probably not enough on a motorway but not much short of a big air horn will! plenty of silly horns on ebay.

Caber Ahhogah!


Alex B - 3/12/07 at 07:48 PM

Have you got SVA mate?

Alex