It’s Fairly Easy to Customize Your Car Horn to Play ‘La Cucaracha’

Or pretty much any tune of your choosing

October 10, 2016 9:00 am

From furniture to motorcycles to digital clocks made from wood, Bob Clagett likes to make stuff.

In fact, the father-of-four enjoys designing things so much that he left his career as a software engineer to work on his “I Like To Make Stuff” YouTube channel on a full-time basis. His latest video — “Add Custom Horn Sounds to ANY CAR” — is a step-by-step guide of how to do, well, just that.

In the clip, Clagett uses an Adafruit soundboard, small amp, cigarette lighter adapter, buttons, 12- to 5-volt adapter, 3D-printed box, speaker wire and a quartet of pre-recorded sounds to outfit his Land Cruiser with a set of custom horns that can be removed if necessary.

The steps all look easy enough, so choosing the sound you go with might be the hardest part.

This is a great option.

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