the speakers in the doors are 6.5" circular speakers, right? so if you you buy 6.5" aftermarket speakers, they should fit right? well, mine don't! toyota made their 6.5" speakers extended on the sides so that they could bolt onto the support thing that holds the speaker in place. this is a real pain in the @$$ for me because i took my whole door panel off to find out that i was not going to be able to put in my new speakers.

knowing that all our cars are pretty much the same, and that many of you have after market speakers in your doors...how did you get yours to fit? i'm desperate!

this is very common as its happened to everyone.......do a search the information is there....i even think there is a HOW-TO in the HOW TO section....

easy way is go down to home depot or sumthing and buy a lexan/plastic type piece (should be hard and about 1/4" thick) (you can even steal a tray from taco bell).......cut out a 6.5" center hole
and then cut it to fit the stock bracket screw the speaker to the piece then screw the piece to the stock bracket wala!

If you don't feel confident enough to make your own you can buy these from crutchfield.


$14.99 a pair
Item #142SAC656

A better option is to have a piece of MDF as spacer.

i wouldnt buy adapters, just make them like playr said and save some money. i know how you feel though, when i was installing mine and found out they didnt fit i was like WTF. it sucks but its not really a problem. at least the back pair fit fine.

wow, thanks for the quick response guys! i'm gonna try going to home depot this afternoon to find some plastic that i can cut. and hopfully i don't screw things up, lol.

I bought them of eBay for about $7. They work for the 6GC and some years of the Corvette.

Yeah, I did the same as Cutrara, bought them from ebay. Theyre plastic, and they say they fit the Celica, and Corvette. Just make sure to seal these with silicon or something when you install them.

Had the same problem when installed my speakers, I think some one should make it a steaky!!!

I used 1/4" plywood and siliconed them into nice little boxes. Sound good car in general has good acoustics.

Oh great... I got a 94 Gt-S and I just bought Alpine component speakers for the front? So you guys are all sure that they aren't going to fit without an adapter???

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for some reason those didnt work for my polks.. but i made them work. I cut them a certain way in peices and mounted the speaker up. hard to explain.

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yeah, i finally got mine in...thanks to these guys (fellow 6gc-ers). i bought my adapters at best buy for $13. they needed to be modified a little for them to work...but i got em in.

in the picture you can see the speaker mount, the new speaker, and the adapter.

i think that since it is a 8" hole a 8 inch sub running as a mid @ 4 ohms (not amped) would sound best with a component set of tweeters. that's what i am waiting on. also some of the higher end newer celicas come with 8 inch mids already included.