Hi Roger thanks for your clip . Awesome for me to know exactly how to remove the complex bumper attachment . You’ve shown where you attach the compressor 👍 but not where you attached the air horn horn bugles as there’s very little space in that engine bay . Cheers mate . John Thomas
NICE WORK ROGER! Using your examples, I tackled mine (2022 C-HR XLE - USA model) this week. I knew I would not be able to drop the bumper (would not have wanted to anyway), so after removing the top plastic cowling like you did - using a flash light, I found the horn, top height on the radiator slightly to the right. To see it, I had to stoop down, directly facing the front grill as I could not see anything looking down from the top. I was also able to see the connector wire. Lucky for me, I have a set of 16 inch long PITTSBURGH Long Reach Straight Nose Pliers. I first used a rigid metal wire to hold the wire so it did not fall to the bottom, and then carefully using the pliers, squeezed and pulled the standard Toyota wire connector from the hockey puck size horn. Took all of 5 minutes but you have to be careful that you don’t damage the connector or accidently cut or ‘pull out’ the wire attached to it - it’s super thin. I had already bought (Amazon): FIAMM Freeway Blasters Set (Hi / Low), $9 each (I have used these on both motorcycles) FARBIN Horn Wiring Harness Relay Kit - 80a 4 pin, $10 FARBIN Special Plug Compatible with Toyota Adapter Pigtail Socket Connector, $9 Using the metal riser that the plastic cowling is attached to (the one on the driver’s side), I drilled a decent size hole big enough for a bolt that would hold / support both horns. Used lock washers / nut to secure and the bolt was long enough to also attach the FIAMM grounding wires using a second nut (on the same bolt). Using the wiring harness / relay diagram, attached it to the horns and battery. You do have to run a 2-3 foot wire down from the where the horns / harness are located, to the front grill area to attach to the original horn connector (trigger wire). Tested, taped up wires and zipped tied where needed - done deal! I’m definitely not a pro installer but I’m super happy with this install! It looks and works great, it’s safe and everything is functional using inexpensive, plug-and-play components. I’m also thrilled because it was done without removing the bumper as EVERYONE said needed to be done. Btw, my Toyota dealer said they could have a third party aftermarket shop do it but the cost would be $4-5 hundred depending on what equipment was selected. I also like that if needed, the original horn can be reconnected. NOTE: The relay / harness made the horns almost 2 x louder than when I first connected them directly to the 12 volt original trigger wire - this worked but you could tell from the sound that something was wrong. From my research, I also found out that the relay will prevent the higher voltage draw from the 2 horns from damaging (burning up) the lightweight Toyota wiring.
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Hi Roger thanks for your clip . Awesome for me to know exactly how to remove the complex bumper attachment . You’ve shown where you attach the compressor 👍 but not where you attached the air horn horn bugles as there’s very little space in that engine bay . Cheers mate . John Thomas
Thanks for the video. Much needed/improved horn! Surprisingly not a lot of videos on changing the horn on a CHR. Thanks again. A1
NICE WORK ROGER!
Using your examples, I tackled mine (2022 C-HR XLE - USA model) this week. I knew I would not be able to drop the bumper (would not have wanted to anyway), so after removing the top plastic cowling like you did - using a flash light, I found the horn, top height on the radiator slightly to the right.
To see it, I had to stoop down, directly facing the front grill as I could not see anything looking down from the top. I was also able to see the connector wire. Lucky for me, I have a set of 16 inch long PITTSBURGH Long Reach Straight Nose Pliers.
I first used a rigid metal wire to hold the wire so it did not fall to the bottom, and then carefully using the pliers, squeezed and pulled the standard Toyota wire connector from the hockey puck size horn. Took all of 5 minutes but you have to be careful that you don’t damage the connector or accidently cut or ‘pull out’ the wire attached to it - it’s super thin.
I had already bought (Amazon):
FIAMM Freeway Blasters Set (Hi / Low), $9 each (I have used these on both motorcycles)
FARBIN Horn Wiring Harness Relay Kit - 80a 4 pin, $10
FARBIN Special Plug Compatible with Toyota Adapter Pigtail Socket Connector, $9
Using the metal riser that the plastic cowling is attached to (the one on the driver’s side), I drilled a decent size hole big enough for a bolt that would hold / support both horns. Used lock washers / nut to secure and the bolt was long enough to also attach the FIAMM grounding wires using a second nut (on the same bolt).
Using the wiring harness / relay diagram, attached it to the horns and battery. You do have to run a 2-3 foot wire down from the where the horns / harness are located, to the front grill area to attach to the original horn connector (trigger wire).
Tested, taped up wires and zipped tied where needed - done deal!
I’m definitely not a pro installer but I’m super happy with this install! It looks and works great, it’s safe and everything is functional using inexpensive, plug-and-play components. I’m also thrilled because it was done without removing the bumper as EVERYONE said needed to be done. Btw, my Toyota dealer said they could have a third party aftermarket shop do it but the cost would be $4-5 hundred depending on what equipment was selected. I also like that if needed, the original horn can be reconnected.
NOTE:
The relay / harness made the horns almost 2 x louder than when I first connected them directly to the 12 volt original trigger wire - this worked but you could tell from the sound that something was wrong. From my research, I also found out that the relay will prevent the higher voltage draw from the 2 horns from damaging (burning up) the lightweight Toyota wiring.
It’s good to see that you don’t have to remove the bumper as it’s a right pain in the a . . e
We’ll done.
Thanks!
Did you have any problems, errors or check lights after unplugging the radar sensor and plugging it back in?
No problems
No problems.
Tried to remove the front bumper. Left recht under every screw. But can not take it of. Is there in the mittle some clips?
There’s a TH-cam video on how to remove the bumper. I can’t remember the exact sequence.
Can horn be replaced in toyota chr without removing the bumper ?
I don’t think so as you have to get to the feed wire on the existing horn.