I've looked around a bit but I can't seem to find any info on how to take this panel off. It's the plastic panel that the front defroster vents through. Does it just pull up? Or do I have to rip the entire dash apart?

Also, what kind of depth is below that panel? Was looking to install my second set of mids/tweets there, so I only need like 2" of mounting depth.

Any help or suggestions in this area would be great

 

there such as where?

"Hey man I saw that you were wanting to get your dash out. I recently did that to cover it all in suede. First off you need to remove the A-Pillars, there's a screw under the "airbag" plug. Then you remove the side panels where the doors cover. Then pull off the dash trim. Its actually really easy but pull perpendicular so as to no break the clips. Then you are going to need to remove the passenger airbag. There is a how-to for it but just remember to disconnect your battery and take out the fuse for the airbags. Then there are about 20 bolts, you need to remove them all (the piece in front of the dash with the windshield air vents has to be removed first, it's held on by clips alone) then take out those and pull up the dash. It's as easy as that. It took me a long time to actually find all of the information to do it. But I used this site and yourcobalt. Just thought I would help you out a bit so I hope this does just that. Have a good one!

-theguard"

and not that it might help but i do have some pics of the dash all taken apart

 

It just pops out