Sun roof trim removal.

[Guest]

I've just replaced all the trim, seats, dash and carpeting of my once brown and beige interior to black. Surprisingly easy albeit time consuming.

Anyway ... the only thing left to tackle is the large rectangular trim panel underneath the sun roof hatch. Around the edges of the panel are around 12 (top of my head) plastic buttons that appear to be a push fit to hold the edges in place. Does anyone know for sure how these can be removed?

I thought I might gently prise them out using a modified trim removal tool - a flatter version of the type used to pop door panel fasteners. However, these are extremly tight and don't want to come out - even when 'walking' it out with the tool. I don't want to blunder on and break them in their holes as, albeit probably inexpensive to replace, I bet they're a sod to extract.

Any tips or tricks on this? I'm hoping to re-use them if possible - because I'm cheap.

 

[Diver944]

I don't 'think' you can extract them intact. I know one of mine broke a few years ago and the new one just clicked into place. I can't remeber the exact price but it was pennies from the OPC. I'd get a new set and then just drill/break yours out.

 

[Guest]

Sixty-three pennies a pop in fact. A little over £8 inc VAT for the full set. Seems a bit excessive for what they are.

However, my real surprise was reserved for the cost of ten pairs of fuse holder connections - a little over £90 inc VAT.

 

[Guest]

The sunroof clips, part number 477871053, arrived today. The sliding post pushes forward into the clip once it is in position. I found them VERY tight and I had to carefully tap them flush with a drift and hammer. To remove them you simply get a drift and push the posts in further until they pop out the other side allowing the clips to be pulled out - retrieving the posts once the trim is off. If you were just replacing one you could probably just shake the sunroof until it fell out from one of the gaps in the trim.