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Using Travis Graham's speaker installation guide, I replaced the Craig speakers with Infinity Kappa series.

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The rear 4x10's were replaced with 4x6 plates, and the fronts with 3.5 speakers. The head unit was replaced with a Kenwood KDC-MP822 Total cost: Front speakers - $58 Rear speakers - $85 Head Unit - $269

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The new Infinity speakers. The 3.5" speakers have seperate crossovers.

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Some of the required tools.

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Stock 4x10 speaker exposed.

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The orientation of the original speaker in it's mount.

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New 4x6 plate speaker in mount.

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The fit isn't perfect, but pretty close.

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A bit of foam rubber added between the mount and the magnet.

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Speaker with foam attached. The rear mounting locations are difficult to get decent sound from, mainly due to the materials & a mediocre panel-to-speaker fit. The stock 4x10's actually fit up against the panel fairly well.

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New 3.5 versus old.

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This is a really bad picture, but you can see the mounting differences between the two. Also, I added several layers of tape around the trim ring on the new speaker. The tweeter sticks up a bit far, and can cause the dashboard to dimple upward. Since the mounting studs are short, the mounting tabs on the side were later bent upward out outward (not visible in this pic)

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Dashboard cut & sleeve installed.

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Dremeling the dashboard isn't something I wish to do again.

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New stereo installed.

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Stereo in the 'off' mode