Headliner Assembly: Removal

Open the folding top to half open position that each area is able to access. See Fig 1.

Fig 1: PARTIAL UP POSITION
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Unscrew 12 screws to remove Canopy from front header. See Fig 2.
Remove canopy adhesive tape from the front header edges.
Remove tension cable with two spring clips on each side. See Fig 3 and Fig 4.

Fig 2: TOP COVER FRONT HEADER
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1 - ATTACHING SCREWS (12)

Fig 3: CABLE
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1 - THREE CLIPS

2 - CABLE END

Fig 4: TENSION CABLE SPRING
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1 - CABLE

2 - SPRING
Fold the canopy back to the B-bow. See Fig 5 and Fig 6.
Unscrew nine screws to remove the headliner from the front header.
Remove five screws from each bow strip. See Fig 7.
Remove the headliner attachments (elastic straps) from the folding top frame.
Remove C-Post flaps from the C-Post stamping (two expanding two rivets per side). See Fig 8.
Remove screws from the floating bow to detach the headliner. See Fig 9.
Remove the headliner extrusion profile from the backlite frame. See Fig 10.
Remove five screws from the edge bow strip. See Fig 11.
Remove the headliner.