94 Corolla speakers

My parents just gave me a '94 Corolla for my High School graduation, not much, but it's a great car.

Unfortunately, the previous owner expected too much out of the stock speakers and both rear and one of the front ones are blown.

I have a pair of speakers picked out for the back. 30w RMS Pioneers. I will be getting a new head unit to match the speakers.

For the front, I am told most places that I can only fit 4" speakers. However, I was recently told from a trusted car-audio nut that I could fit 5.25" speakers that are 2.5" or less deep. I have looked in the front doors, and the speakers do look much more like 5.25" than 4"

Does anyone have any experience with this or have any information that may be helpful? Thanks.

Don't bother with the 30W speakers at the front. You will be extremely unhappy with them. If you want a truly good sounding system, you want 5.25, 6 or 6.5" splits. You should be able to get 5.25" in, even if you need to build a custom pod or kick panel. In the rear, get some good midbass speakers, like 6x9s and a small sub (10 or 12") and make sure you have an amp with a low pass filter at least for the sub. Even better if you can run a few more speakers off it.

Yes, it will all cost you $, but you will be happy with it, compared to people who just whacked the 30W 4" jobbies in there.

The problem with that is that I have around a $200 budget, and my parents would never, ever let me put a sub in there. The car is legally in their name, so they can technically take it away if they wanted, and would most certainly do that if I even mentioned putting even a small sub in there (They're like that because of what they saw my cousin do to his car, and are scared that I may turn into him).

Also this was a $600 car, so I dont want to put that much into a system. I just want something that will get me through college till I can affors a better vehicle, and something that will sound better than the stock system, the speakers of which look like cut-outs of brown paper bags, and are rated for 12w MAX.

I would even settle for the 4" in the front, because judging by my mom's car ('95 Avalon, with the cheapest stereo they made) which has 4" all around, they can still sound pretty good. I will probably want the speakers in the front for the overall sound clarity, the the 6.25" in the back for the buisness aspect of things. Due to the acustics of the car (rear deck angle and rear window angle) even the blown rear speakers have excellent sounding bass....up to a point, where they rattle uncontrolably. One of them has a 1/4" wide tear 3.5" long in it.

i kno this isn't about 95 corolla's but i'm sure they're similar..my mom's corolla only has 2 speakers it looks like and those 2 are only in the front...are they're more speakers hidden and if not can i fit 6" speakers in the front cause i don't want my polk/momos to go to waste if i can't fit them

6" Speakers will most deffinetly not fit in the front. Some 5.25" can fit with some modification and an adapter bracket. The hole in the front is not deep enough for 6"ers nor is the hole wide enough. Since there is a special 'box' for the speakers, you can't just put another bracket in there.

In my car (Corollas are the same from 93-97, cept from 95 on they have 10 less HP), the rear speakers are on the rear deck (the shelf below the rear window). They are 7" holes, and will fit anything from 5.25"-7" providing you have the proper mounting bracked, or can make one yourself.

Keep in mind though that the head unit is only 15w MAX (5w RMS) and will be unable to properly power aftermarket speakers without damaging itself and the speakers in the process. If you wanted to use those speakers you would need ones with a matching RMS rating for the front, along with a headunit (maybe with an external amp) whose RMS rating (or the RMS rating of the amp) matches or is slightly under the RMS rating of the speakers.

Also, be carfeul if you take the front door panels off. From experience they are not all too sturdy and you can easily do damage to them and the locking mechanism if you are hard on them. The speakers themselves are cake to replace.

In that case, get the cheapest ones going and save the money. :)