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In Reply to: Headliner Replacement posted by Eric on August 16, 2000 at 21:15:16:
Plan one night to remove and one night to replace. Here's how:
1. Remove plastic covers obscuring screws on hand holds (two per handle). Remove the screws, the hand holds stay on the headliner.
2. Remove the sunvisors and sunvisor clips. Disconnect associated wiring.
3. Remove sunroof motor cover panel and remove light and disconnect associated wiring.
4. Peel back door moldings around headliner and pillar covers.
5. Pull off A pillar covers.
6. Pull back top of B pillar cover. Lift up on cover to disengage from bottom of B pillar cover (Leather covered part).
7. Remove rear sun shade clips (mine is manual, if electric, these parts may not be present).
8. Pull off C pillar cover (no need to remove lights). Pull away from pillar at top (two clips) then pull away from (toward front) from rear window (at bottom).
9. Remove front passenger seat. I did this, but may not be necessary allthough I did not see how the headliner would come out of the car otherwise.
10. Move drivers seat all the way foward and recline the seatback all the way down.
11. Open sunroof, remove black track covers. Using a screw driver push down on clips holding headliner to the perimeter of the sunroof opening. Be prepared to have the headliner fall. you might want someone to help here.
12. Remove the headliner out the rear passenger door by turning ninety degrees and tilting to fit door opening. I have an iL so my doors are 4" longer and still a tight fit. Yours may be more diffilcult. I have heard stories that the headliner should be removed out the front passenger door. I did not see how this would be possible.
That should be it. I may have left out a step. I will assume you know how to remove the front seats. Good luck. And tell us how well it matches.
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