Great news, I finally figured out how to install the trunk shocks I got a while back from teh junk yard. I had to make another trip because I forgot to take pictures of exactly where they go but in doing so I ended up with a second set of those trunk shocks, and I also came across some t top bags. A little elbow grease and the t top bags were nice and shiny again. Anyway, back to the trunk. In order to make those trunk shocks work on a car equipped with strut bars, a little clearancing was needed. I didn't want to do it, but i need to cut quite a bit of the assebly away.
Then I was finally able to set my speaker box in.
It turned out pretty good, I might make another one later, i would like to make a cover plate for the entire box and it currently sits flush with the trunk seal by the rear window, so I would need to make it about an inch narrower.