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Your roof panel (if the later molded/bonded style) should now be free except for the sunroof opening. If the earlier stretched-style, you have two roof bows and the rear window to remove, been there too.
So on to the sunroof opening:
Remove the screws holding the bright stainless plates in the opening (left and right) (pic 1). The plates will slide forward and out. Keep left and right separate, they are different (pic 2).
Next there is another plate below the one you just removed, again different left and right, should just slide forward and out (pic 3).
Now you will see 7 metal tabs holding the headliner down. Slide the headliner inward to free it from these tabs (pic 4). The last two tabs are under the front of the sunroof, so be sure you get all of them. This should allow the headliner edge to be lifted upward.
The last step in freeing the headliner, if it hasn't fallen free already, is to slide forward the rear edge of the sunroof opening. There is an aluminum extrusion that is clipped to the rear of the sunroof opening, sometimes the glue releases and it is a separate piece.
This is what you should see, great time to check the sunroof drains, cable, anything else (pic 5).
To remove the headliner from the car, recline both seatbacks fully. Open both rear doors. Rotate the rear edge of the headliner out of one rear door, which should allow one front tip to clear the other rear doorway. With the one front tip out of the rear doorway, move the headliner forward and rotate the rear of the headliner out of the same doorway, pull it out of the car. You should not need to bend the headliner AT ALL to do this, if you are bending it, you will likely wrinkle and ruin your headliner. It is not necessary.
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- Jeff
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