Thinking about upgrading..

Main Train Horns
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hey guys I am new to the forum and probably about 6 months ago I purchased the Outlaw Chrome Horn set from Hornblasters and have been satisfied with it, I am the only person in my area that has a train horn and seems to be loud, to me and others.

I was looking up the hornblaster scare videos on youtube and noticed that just the shockers are a lot louder than my horns, and was thinking about upgrading to the shockers.

Is there a lot of a difference in the sound and loudness between the two if so how much?

any input is greatly apriciated, thanks guys

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Haha you’ve been bitten by the bug! Welcome to the forums.

You’ll upgrade to shockers cause they’re louder - then you’ll upgrade to a real trainhorn cause it’s louder…

Maybe someone who’s heard shockers & outlaws can tell you how much louder they are.

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I’ve heard the Bu-ell 4 chime horn (shockers) compared to a United Pacific 46129 (their smallest horn, same loudness as outlaw) and the difference is massive. However, I recommend you save up an extra $100-$200 and buy a REAL train horn off of eBay, like a P3 or a K3LA. A K3LA is at least twice as loud as the shockers.

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thanks for all the input guys, I just bought the shocker XL train horns from hornblasters. do you guys know if there is any difference between the XL and the classic shockers, i did notice that the air line is 1/2 inch rather than 1/4, that shouldnt be a problem on my vair air tank should it?

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Yeah, it’s the airline. Horns are the same.

Do you have the Outlaw 228 - compressor attached to Viair tank?
It looks like those have a 1/2" port so you’re good to go.

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What size tank you got right now?

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I bought outlaw Chrome horn kit when i first got on and I’m going to use that same tank, its the 2 gallon one I believe

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cool, idk how much you honk but your probably going to want to upgrade tank in the future. The shockers are nice, you’ll love em :stuck_out_tongue:

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Haha yeah I’m sure a bigger tank will be on the way soon as well, but is there any difference in the Shocker xl horns and the classic Shockers?

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I wanna say its just the 1/2 inch air valve, more air makes them louder, I could be wrong as I only had the XL shockers and not the regular ones.

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I have the classic shockers, i believe its 5/16ths line to the horns vs 1/2 with the XLs, The xls will be louder, but my classic shockers are plenty loud haha. especially now that I have it at 200psi