I wante some more infomation how to installed the Audiobahn ATB10AT in the Honda Fit factory radio. If have foto from durin the installed the Audiobahn ATB10AT

 

Looks great. I have a DUB8AT (made by Audiobahn, and essentially the same as the ATB8AT, though shaped a little differently) in my current car and I'm thinking of moving it to the Fit when I get it. Nice to see I can expect it to work out well. The DUB8AT has the same RMS, though with an 8" woofer, so I might upgrade to a ATB10AT.

One thing I'll note, though. You can remove those four little screws on the front of your gain control and flip it so it's right-side up in the mounting bracket. Silly, but that would drive me nuts to see it upside-down all the time.

 

Another idea if you have a factory head unit is to get one of the low level converters that has a remote turnon output.. When the converter senses signal from the speaker wires it will output +12v on one if its wires and that you use to turn the amps on..

 

Doesnt that thing hit your knees?
I was going to look for a good spot to install an Audiocontrol Epicenter knob..

 

Did you guys use the wiring kit provided with your Audiobahn tubes? In particular, I'm thinking about the power wire. Where you did you guys run it into the cabin from the battery? I've looked at the other threads and it seems most folks pierce the grommet over on the passenger side. Just wondering if you'd come up with better options since the wiring that comes with the tubes is a lot smaller than the 0 and 4 guage wires I've seen others use for power.

 

Yeha i used that grommet also but i didn't pierce it, i just slid it off and fished the wire through then put the grommet back. I'm not worried about water b/c if u look inside the engine bay, it's tucked VERY far back there (like almost under the windshield) and the plastic window deflector also blockes water from entering so i'm not worried about water. Check out the pic below of what i'm talking about:

 

sounds like you may have hooked it up to a dimmer wire or something. It's a low very low current line which may be causing it to turn off periodi.cally

 

BTW, when I used to do install several years ago I installed these Audiobahns and they did sounded good. I can imaging how awesome they sound in a little ass Fit. Especially it being small and a wagon type car.

 

The only purple wire I found on the back of my headunit is the purple with white stripe, which is the VSS I believe. Tapping that for my "remote on" didn't work...the amp stayed on even if the car was off and the key was out of the ignition.

What I ended up doing was tapping into the rear speaker wires on the right and left before they enter the doors by removing the panels covering the seat belts. Those wires run to the back under the other panels to the high-level inputs of my DUB8AT. For the ground, I removed the right front-most cargo loop, sanded to bare metal, attached my ground wire and replaced the loop. For the remote turn-on, I used a Littelfuse Add-A-Circuit kit placed into the #10 position in the fuse box and run down the driver's side. For the power, I did like everyone else, removing the wire loom on the passenger's side, fishing my power wire through, replacing it, and running the wire down the passenger's side. I placed a Radio Shack rocker switch inline with the remote turn on. This way I can switch it off entirely when listening to AM Sports Radio, reducing the drain on my power. It's a perfect fit into the rectangular holes in the underside of the dash, and only requires snipping the back of one of the clips that holds the sound deadening material in place. It looks like this:



I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.




Sidenote: Anyone interested in picking one of these tubes up, do a search on eBay for DUB8AT. A seller is liquidating them for $60 shipped, and has the auction set up to take offers, so they may go for less. DUB Mag Audio no longer exists, but it was simply Audiobahn, and the DUB8AT is essentially the same as the ATB8AT for less money. A great, quick way to add some bass without weighing you down and taking up all of your cargo space. Three quick-disconnects, and you have your entire car back.

 

...new problem with my install that I can't figure out.

My sub has stopped working. When I first power it up, the power LED lights up brightly and everything's great. Then after a few minutes, the LED fades a bit and the sub powers down (but the LED stays on, just dim). After that, if I switch it off and on, the LED lights up and fades immediately and no power. It's not completely dead, because this will happen for a few days, then one morning I'll start it up and everything will work great. The protection light never comes on. Then, the next time I'm in the car, it's back to the above problem. Anyone have any idea?

 

do u have the ATB10at subwoofer? i know for a while i would have trouble with the in-line fuse that is attached to the 8gauge power wire. Check that one out, it's either loose or soemthing. I placed mine behind the kick panel (where the dead pedal installs, right by the hood opening latch) so i would gently kick that and it would turn back on. Check the fuse.

 

Not the ATB10AT, but the DUB8AT. Same maker, different label, a 2" smaller woofer, and a bit cheaper ($60 shipped). But anyway, you nailed it. I couldn't figure out why the darn thing would be fine when I first started the system up after checking all of my fuses and connections, but would then fade and shut off while I was testing it. Turns out it is that fuse, or rather the fuse holder, on the power wire. The fuse shakes free and makes intermittent connections (I actually watched it spark). Mine is housed in the engine bay, so the "kick trick" won't fly. I'm going to get squeeze down the terminals in the fuse holder itself to tighten the connection and see if that doesn't fix my problem.

Thanks for the quick response. You might have just saved me from disassembling the whole damned thing.

 

lol welcome. I had a feeling it was that.

 

what color speaker wires was on each side near the seat belt pillars ! i was wondering ! about to drop in a fiberglass deck with 4 6X9's and an amp !

 

is there a new model to this sub out now or a alternative?

 

Audiobahn has fallen off the world. I heard rumblings of Chapter 13, but who knows. As for finding one of these, they pop up on eBay from time to time. There are a LOT of the DUB8ATs on eBay right now for $49.00 OBO plus $15 shipping which, to me, is a steal. Heck, there are so many, offer them $30 and I'll bet they'd take it. I'm very pleased with mine. 2" smaller than the ATB10AT, but with the same power I believe.

 

How are you guys liking these subs? $60 for the DUB8AT on ebay is a good price if it's a good product.

 

That setup looks nice but it does take up a chunk of space. I'm really loving my basslink. Hits almost as hard as the Bazooka dual 10" box I had in my truck.