Yes, the spare is in there. At first I thought it wouldn't work, but I thought about it and pulled the spare out and flipped it around, and the offset of the wheel gives plenty of room for the speaker.

I ran the wire under the passenger-side door sill trim. I didn't remove the trim, just squeezed it under the edge of the plastic. I had to use a screwdriver in a couple of tight spots. Just be careful not to cut, short or breach the speaker wire with the screwdriver.

I used the front speakers, just wiring the radio fronts into the factory plug. I bought male bullet connectors at Autozone that push into the factory female square plug. You'll need a test light or multi-meter to determine which wire is hot with/without key, and which is a ground. You can use a regular D or C cell battery and a couple of wires to figure out which wires go to which speaker. The battery makes the speaker pop quietly, just enough to determine which is which.

cgreen

I ran my wires behind the cover panel at the rear and along the door sills to the front of the car. It is rather hard to explain, but a removable steel channel goes from the back seat floor up around the wheel well to the top of the wheel well. Two screws hold this on. If you choose this route be very carefull. The plastic at the top was very brittle and broke on one side of mine. I was able to stick it back in but I was trying for a proffessional install. You cant see it unless you are looking for it, but I will allways know it is there. Good luck with yours.

Joe

If you flip the spare around, the offset of the wheel allows enough clearance for a speaker.

>>I would like to improve mine too, but I have a sedan. That leaves me with just the back deck.<<

Surely there's enough room on the back deck to cut a couple of holes and install some 6x9s. In fact, short of a dedicated sub-woofer, 6x9s in the rear deck of any car really rock. The whole trunk acts as a subwoofer box and the bass is usually amazing.

My bass isn't that great, I think because those cavities behind the speakers aren't airtight and/or are the wrong size to really work with the low frequencies.

I'd go for it if I were you.

>>do the door speakers work too?<<

Yes, I wired them through the factory plug in the console. They're pretty good for little speakers, have some nice treble, but the bass really comes from the rear now, and the sound really fills up the car.