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Message: <blockquote data-quote="navy2x" data-source="post: 2020991" data-attributes="member: 69118">I recently completed a horn upgrade from stock to the <a href="https://a.co/d/71Dqp6Z" target="_blank">PIAA 85115 Superior 112 db 330Hz and 400Hz Twin Tone Bass Horn</a>.I didn’t see any guides on this so I thought I’d share my experience. First thing, you have to get the grill off. I have a 2022 Gen 3, so lots of videos I found didn’t apply, they were all either a non raptor F150 or an older raptor. I found many that got me in the right direction however. One guide that was very helpful was the <a href="https://www.bajadesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/44-8061-44-8062-21-On-Ford-Raptor-Squadron-Behind-Grill-Kit.pdf" target="_blank">Baja Designs behind the grill light kit</a>. The beginning part of that guide walks you thru how to take off the grill. My biggest suggestion would be to do step 4 after step 7. That is, remove the below grill fascia before removing the lower grill screws. Step 4 says it’s a blind screw, but you can actually see it very well once you remove the fascia (see the first uploaded photo).Once the grill is removed I thought the horns were going to be a 1 to 1 replacement. But the wiring contacts are very different. The PIAA instructions give a few different wiring options but nothing exactly like the raptor. It does however mention the top contact on each horn is positive. The connector from the raptor has two wires, a yellow and a black. The yellow is positive and black is negative. I used connector terminals and combined the two positives and two negatives into one wire set, then made my own automotive plug with a <a href="https://a.co/d/haetUk8" target="_blank">crimper tool and plug kit</a>. On the raptor side I cut off the existing plug and made the other matching automotive plug. I wrapped it all in electrical tape. Before mounting I tested to make sure the horn worked. I chose to reuse the metal Y shaped bracket for mounting. I used some short screws and washers to secure them. I put blue loctite on the threads so it wouldn’t come loose. Overall it took me about 2-3 hours. Here is a video of how the different horns sound before and after in case anyone is interested. I like them a lot. They have a slightly deeper sound and are a bit louder. [MEDIA=youtube]etlLnGDTtt0[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

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