Bazooka Bass Tube Install.....HELP!!!!!

[Andy77]

I recently purchased a Bazooka BTA8100 Amplified Bass Tube. I wanted to do the installation myself so I also purchased a F.A.S.T. wiring harness and a B.T.A.H. extension cable, both made by Bazooka, so that I could put the bass tube in my 2006 Toyota Camry SE, w/ 8 speaker JBL factory system, without splicing or cutting any factory wiring.

I have problems. The F.A.S.T. wiring harness that I got from Bazooka doesn't work with the JBL head unit for my car; I found out they don't make one for my car......unfortunately after I bought the harness. The B.T.A.H. extension cable has wires on it for RF+, RF-, LF+, LF-, Amp Turn On, and Ignition. I was going to try to tap those wires on the factory harness; however, the factory harness doesn't label the factory wires so I have no idea which ones would be the right ones. Then I had an idea that if I just splice the power/battery wire on the factory harness, I believe its the red colored one, and then run the remaining wires from the B.T.A.H. cables to the rear speakers in the trunk that it would work. I looked at the rear speakers and there are two wires going in the positive and two going in the negative (on both speakers the positive wires are red and green and the negative wires are black and black). Having never seen four wires going into a single speaker, and having never seen the same colored wires on both sides, I decided not to mess with it and post on here.

I need to know what the easiest, least damaging way would be to install this bass tube. I know someone on here should be able to help.....I am trying to avoid a $70 install charge that circuit city estimated for me. I thank you in advance for your help.

FYI - There is an external amp that I discovered behind the glove box in my car, I don't know if that makes a difference during install. Also, I searched for wiring diagrams on the net to try and find out which wires are which and couldn't find one.

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[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

throw that p.o.s. bazooka tube out the window and go back and get something different. if its from circuit city take it back and get one of those infinity reference subs, a sealed box, and 100 watt amp.

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

http://www.sasbazooka.com/productAutoAccessoriesFAST.asp?id=298

and if your set on that bazooka tube buy the right harness ^^^^

 

[Rsx_03 10+ year member]

just get your money back and look up what deals there are online and best thing you can do for the money is build a custom box

if you need help picking stuff alot of people on here will help you, just list you budget, what parts of a system you want, are you going for quality or loudness or both, how much room you are willing to take up, etc

 

[Andy77]

Thats the harness I bought, its the one that doesn't fit. I was looking for replies with suggestions instead of product bashing, but thanks anyway.

I want to stay with the bass tube, I don't want to modify too much with my car.

 

[ruger 10+ year member]

also try asking on the bazooka forum.

bazooka's sound good, i love my 10"RS //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

http://www.bazooka.com/forums.asp

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

2x bazooka's have thier place in car audio history as well as their place in car audio function. Some people dont want the weight of a box, and the bazooka's only way a fraction of any MDF enclosure.

I still have my EL8 tube under my computer table as my subwoofer for my PC.

 

[volonau 10+ year member]

Some factory systems use a daul voice coil speaker system with a small bass boost amp.

You should be able to tap into either set of wires.

I'd try one then the other to see which yeilds the best result.

I've had a couple of tubes and would recomend them anytime.

 

[Andy77]

Thanks for the replies so far. Can anyone tell me which rear speaker wires to tap into? There are four wires going into those speakers.

 

[Andy77]

Any other suggestions on this one? PLEASE HELP!!!!!