54 10 150 Removing and installing/replacing front floating roofliner

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Necessary preliminary tasks:

Remove glass tilt sunroof lid, refer to 54 10 100 REMOVING AND INSTALLING GLASS TILT SUNROOF LID .

IMPORTANT: Make sure that grease on the rails does not come into contact with the floating roofliner.

Open roofliner (1) to such an extent that screws (2) are still accessible.

Loosen screws (2).

Tightening torque, refer to 54 10 7AZ in SLIDE/TILT ROOF AND CONVERTIBLE TOP - TIGHTENING TORQUES - E63 .

Fig 1: Opening Roofliner

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Slide roofliner (1) uniformly towards front.

If necessary, raise slider (2) for roofliner.

Move slider (2) back until there is no longer any contact with the roofliner.

Fig 2: Raising Slider For Roofliner

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Fig 3: Removing Floating Roofliner

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