Cuzoe
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Los Angeles
Speaker was about $300... I see quite a few i8 speakers on ebay right now, PN 8610987. The speaker is used on various VAG products, BMWs, Mercedes (where my speaker came from), Lamborghini, Maserati, etc. The only difference is typically the brackets attached and the outlet pipe. All of this is welded to the speaker but can be modified/moved/reconfigured by your exhaust shop or fabricator.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p4432023.m570.l1313&_nkw=8610987
My specific speaker came off a Mercedes AMG something. The exhaust shop put the car on a lift and custom mounted it without changing any of the brackets on the speaker (just happened to work out). They fabricated some angle brackets, located an existing threaded hole in the rear frame, welded a stud for another location. On the TDI there was only one place it would fit due to the DEF tank. I don't know what it looks like under a gasser. Ultimately you and the shop will have to figure out the mounting location/method. It took the shop about 2 hours from getting the car on the lift to me driving away.
On the electrical side you have the external soundaktor module... In the "Gen 2 Sound Aktor" section of this blog post you can pick up any of these part numbers. They are all the same module, the part number is just determined by the car they are installed (and the software installed). You will have to re-flash the software anyway (factory software is locked to certain VIN/Engine types but that has circumvented by some smart folks).
I just did ebay searches for the last part of the part number, looks like modules going for around $350 right now...
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=907+160
Module connector has 6 wires: Power, Ground, Drivetrain Can High/Low, and then Pos/Neg to the speaker.
You could put the module anywhere I suppose, but factory GTD location is behind the C-pillar trim, I'll find the part number for the bracket and edit this post.
