Hood lining removal help

[solidute Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close solidute]

Ok so wanting to remove the hood lining or at least loosen the section around the centre map light so I can access a cross member.

Have 2 areas of concern
1) it's a grande with sunroof and rear aircon so need to work with that
2) don't want to damage anything so want to know where the (assume) clips are and best method to remove them.


I'm planning to make a roof console and insert some rivnuts/nutserts to the cross member so I can bolt the roof console in place. Has to be custom job as no-one does anything to suit a grande with sunroof.... And yes I know it'll dampen the joy of a sunroof, but we never use it anyway so it's no loss to us.

Attached picture shows where the Cross member runs and also the location of one of the retainer clips. I haven't found an easy way to remove the clips yet as can hear the material starting to tear when a little pressure is applied so not willing to push my luck.

Any help is appreciated

Cheers

[Brett1979 Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Brett1979]

I pulled out the lining in my 90 a while ago & the whole thing is just a hardened light weight mould that can be flexed. It was only held in place by handles above doors, light retainers in rear, centre & front of roof. What I did find though was it was fused in places with the 15mm insulation pile between it and the metal roof. So much heat up there just bonds the two in places. Also the insulation bats were only tacked on with a single blotch of glue per square bat & after years they become brittle. So it’ll tear and separate as you pull the roof lining from it.