hey everyone i just bought a k5 setup and im looking to mount it, A local shop offered to install it at the time of 9 hours of labor and a couple parts and told me that it would be 672 dollars out the door, is this a little steep on the price? and if anyone has done them themselves, could you give me some pictures or tips? i want to mount them to a piece of sheet metal and buy the brackets so i can mount spread out so they can be facing 180 degree’s. i also have a 10 gallon air tank and 2 400 vair compressors. Also i would like to run it so i can have a stock horn and flip a switch to have the horns. thanks guys.
672 yikes:eek:
i would do it myself being that i am able bodied and have the tools.
i would help give some pointers but you need to tell us what car you have. and you say you want to not use a manifold but use the individual mounts?
i have a nissan titan, i am planning on dropping the spare and mounting it all up under the tail bed, you said you mounted all yours up yourself? i think i read you live in az?
http://www.jacksonsperformanceproducts.net/shop/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=52
this is the brackets i was thinking about buying, and just getting a piece of sheet metal or a diamond plate piece and bolting them up under there, i just think almost 700 to mount is alot, i got a great deal on them and paying that much is almost as much as i paid for the actual setup.
yah i did almost all of the work myself, and yup im in az.
A truck is usually easier than anything else. With a truck there are more options. Like headache rack for the horns, tool box for compressores and put the tank the the bed. 700 bucks will buy you another K5 so…
yah you could use those individual mounts and bolt them to the a piace of metal on the underside of the bed or you could leave them on the manifold and bolt it up in the spare tire well too. so theres no wrong way…
Yea I figured I wasnt getting the best deal because yesterday they told me that if I had the bracketts then it would be less on install, then when I called today to tell them I was going to order them so I can lower the labor amount they said it wouldnt change, so I was just like pshh forget it. And I saw a post you where you said that you have gauges for your compressors. Is that a must? I am in glendale az, so I know the all about the heat also…
what would really help is if you have any connections with a machinist. you dont have to be a car guru to do the job right. most machinist would do a good job with the skills they have. i actually had a friend i went to school with who’s dad owned a shop and helped me out an while back with some horn stuff.
you dont need the temp gauges, but because there under the hood and it gets really hot out here i thought id put them in.
The list of parts might be a little intimidating to install, but break it up into smaller projects. Mount the tank and compressor, mount the horns, plumbing, and wiring. The hardest part will be mounting the horns because there are so many options and might require a little fabrication. We can walk you through the rest.
If you don’t have any tools or a place to work on it, that would be a problem, but I would try to find a way to save $6-700.
I agree that the list of parts can be VERY intimidating. I consider myself handy, but when it come to electrical work, especially vehicle electrical work, I would rather have a professional do the work. For right about $1700 (which included the labor, Line-X spraying, and the miscellaneous fittings and connections) I had the following installed:
IN CAB:
1 - Custom aluminum dash panel sprayed with Line-X
1 - Firestone dual needle dual switch pressure gauge for rear air bags
1 - Viair dual needle 230 psi gressure gauge
3 - Black machined aluminum white LED momentary switches
5 - Black machined aluminum red LED on/off switches
1 - Graham-White 353 metering valve
IN BED:
1 - Custom made mounting table for sir system sprayed with Line-X
2 - 5 gallon 8 port 200 psi air tanks
3 - 1/2" electrical solenoids
2 - 3/4" Speedaire pressure regulators
1 - 1/2" Speedaire Pressure regulators
3 - 150 psi pressure gauges
1 - Viair 165-200 pressure switch
2 - Viair 480c compressors
1 - Heavy duty switch relay
1 - Air hose quick connect near tailgate for air tools
OUTSIDE OF TRUCK:
1 - Nathan K5LA mounted in the spare tire well with welded custom mounting bracket
2 - Grover 1510 Stutter Tone air horns in the grill with welded custom mounting brackets
1/2" air line from tanks to solenoids to K5LA
1/2" air line from tanks to G-W in cab and back to K5LA
3/8" air line from solenoid to grill then reduced at the G1510’s to 1/4"
1/2" air line from tanks to air tool quick connect near tail gate
1/4" air line from tanks to pressure gauge in cab of truck
numerous brass pipe fittings and hose connections
YES, I spent more than I wanted too!! On the other hand this has been a two year project that I have been saving for and the install looks absolutely professional. I could have never installed what I wanted this well. When it was all said and done, I was hoping to be able to have a 15 second blast from the K5’s; turns out from a fully charged tank I get 30 full seconds of blast before the tanks have too little pressure in them to sound my K5.
I am not good in installing the parts so from my side hire good mechanic 
