VPNS speaker in different location on 2015 G3 + HID content

Quick intro: new member here, I picked up a 2015 Prius Two for my GF for an awesome price, thank you low gas prices!

After driving her car at night, the halogen lights are completely inadequate and ugly, I drive a BMW E92 daily and my weekend car is a Audi S4,

I ordered an HID kit (more on that later) After a few days my GF complained about the spaceship noise generated by the VPNS, a quick search on the forums led me to a solution that was to disconnect the speaker and the location being in the driver side front quarter panel.

After opening the panel, I couldn’t find the speaker, and instead there was a black box of heavy steel bolted to the frame, I presume this is a frame reinforcement to increase the crash rating in the small overlap test.


Further searching I found that the VPNS speaker 2014/2015 part number was slightly different, so this led me to believe the speaker is in a different location, I didn’t find any info on Google or any forums, I figured I will need to completely remove the front bumper (this will also make the HID install a bit easier)

Turns out the location of the speaker is in the front grill between the two horns, I don’t know if this applies to all MY2014/MY2015 my car is a October 2015 build.



I unplugged it and removed the speaker entirely, I also zip tied the harness to the horn harness so it doesn’t dangle around.

Also installed the HID kit, OPT7 Bolt AC series 35w, 5000K was a good compromise between color and output, 6000K being too dim while 4200-4500K has a tint of yellow (4200-4500K is not offered by OPT 7)

Comparison between the HID and the stock bulb


Location of Driver side Ballast

 

I don’t mind seeing the road signs…

the kit I have is not super bright like some kits that are 4300K or 55W