i was looking the front speakers and it seems like there is plenty of space to fit 6x9's or something bigger than 4x6's, prob a stupid question but does anyone know of any brackets (theyd have to be a little deeper set) made to house any other size or am i gonna have to make ones myself? i feel like someone had to have done this before

 

The space up there is a bit limited, 6x9's are too thick to fit up there. I'm not an expert, just gave it a shot last weekend lol. Shop around for a thin set, 2"-2 1/2" max. Get rid of the vent ducting and you will have lots of room.

 

if you take off the dash pad, you'll see what you're up against; the dash isn't very deep and there are a few ducts that clutter up the area. if you've got the cash, the best route is a component set at the kick panels. Others have some luck getting shallow 5 1/4 or 6 1/2 round speakers to fit with some creative mounting bracket work.

 

i did was looking at everything with dash off and noticed there is plenty of room, i can hear my echo in there..if i had some deeper set housing brackets i could make it fit no prob

 

i better double check that cause it was late with a flashlight when i was messing with it last night..ummm yeah can you say have you seen my baseball? nevermind..passenger side might fit something (ecm is maybe a little intrusive) but forget about driver side.

 

Ya, look again lol, measure too. You can get away with a 2 1/2" tall speaker on the pass side, I had a 3" tall 6" round speaker in there with the dash pad sitting on the speaker just about. The drivers side needs to be under 2 1/2" because there is less space on that side.

 

I found out the hard way that my JBL 4x6 didn't fit. Pass side was fine but forget about the driver side.

I ended up with a 2way system consisting of a Pioneer tweeter and Aura 3.5" mid-driver with a neo magnet. Works great. The Aura has a pretty good throw to it. They cost me less than the JBL's

 

i was able to mount 5-1/4 two way speakers in the dash with a lil massaging.

 

I fit Eclipse 6.5s in the dash of my 89 RS way back in the day, but you have to hack the brackets and use a VERY shallow magnet. I tried using Kappa 6.5s first, and managed to crack one of the speaker vents because they were too deep

My plan for my 86 is to simply use Q Logic 5.25 kicks for MB Quarts I already own.