Removing roof lining

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Fig 1: Removing Roof Lining

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Before removing the roof lining, REMOVING AND INSTALLING TRIM OF A, B AND C-PILLARS and REMOVING AND INSTALLING SLIDING ROOF PANEL must be removed!

ROOF LINING REMOVING PROCEDURE

No.	Procedure	Instructions
1	Removing interior light cover	Using a small screwdriver, carefully unclip both cover lenses -1- at the openings provided. See Fig 1 . Undo fastening screws -2- . Unclip cover -3- at the rear left and right, push forward towards the windscreen and remove. See Fig 1 . Disconnect the electrical plug connection of the sliding roof rocker switch -4- and the interior light -5- . See Fig 1 .
	Removing sun visors and brackets	Refer to REMOVING AND INSTALLING SUN VISORS .
2	Unclipping front plastic lining	Undo fastening screws -6- in the plastic lining -7- at the front and unclip the lining out of the cowl panel frame -8- in a downward direction at the left and right. See Fig 1 .
3	Detaching roof liner at sides	Unclip the metal strut of the roof liner -9- from the plastic clips -10- at the right and left. See Fig 1 .
4	Disengaging rear plastic lining	Pull the rear plastic lining -7- towards the rear out of the roof frame -11- evenly on the left and right and disengage. See Fig 1 .
5	Disengaging metal strut	Pull the metal brace -9- contained in the fabric pocket down in the centre so that it bends. Pull the metal strut -12- out of the bracket on the left and right. See Fig 1 .
6	Disengaging frame	Pull the frame of the sliding roof cut-out -13- backwards and downwards in the centre at the front so that the frame overlap at the corners is reduced and it is possible to pull it out in a downward direction. Then pull out the roof frame diagonally via the sliding roof cut-out inwards into the passenger compartment. See Fig 1 .