How to Remove Headliner

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tecollins1

Discussion Starter · Nov 21, 2012 (Edited)

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This thread will show you how to remover the headliner.

Difficulty rating
7 there are many screws and you will need around 2 hours to take off and put back together

Skill required rating
3 there is not alot of skill required in this prodject. mostly pulling, unscrewing, and tool/screw placement management.

Tools Required

small and skinny Flathead screw driver
needle nose pliers
torqx t20 bit
5/16 socket

Disclaimer: Please read all direction throughly prior to attempting. For electrical safety; disconnect battery by disconnecting the negative terminal. Wait 15 minutes before starting to allow all excess electricity to disapate.

To start you will want to pull off the pillars. Start at the top and give it a nice tug.

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once the top section pulls out far enough you will see that the top is conected buy a hanger clip.

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to get the clip off the pillar push the latch and slide the clip off.

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from here you can pull the pillars out and lay them on the dash so theres no need to disconect the tweeters.

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Next you want to remove to plastic cover above the rearview mirror. just push the center and pull each side out.

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tecollins1

Discussion Starter · #2 · Nov 21, 2012 (Edited)

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From here you are going to the visors. Use a smal flat head to get under the disk covering the screws and move the disk out of the way.

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from here remove the three screws and place them where you wont loose/mix them up.

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Now in this slot there are two clips that need to be squeezed together and pushed through utilizing the needle nose pliers

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use your small flathead to lift the cover

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and remove the only screw inside and it pulls straight out

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tecollins1

Discussion Starter · #3 · Nov 21, 2012 (Edited)

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to take off the map light trim just get either your flathead screw driver or use your fingers under the trim and pull it all the way around until it comes off.

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same principle for the clear lense

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remove the bulbs and the single screws on both sides. just leave the rest sitting in place and we will come back to this part.

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to get the handles off lift up the covers using a finger or the flathead. once its open notice that it holds the handle down this will make reinstallation much easier.

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once you remove the screws. lift up on the handle and pull it out. now place those screws back in their holes and close the covers. now you wont loose them

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this is what your left with.

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tecollins1

Discussion Starter · #4 · Nov 21, 2012 (Edited)

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ok getting back to the map light housing. from here you should be able to just give it a tug and come right out.

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now you need to take out the long module

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like this

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and disconect the other one. there is a tab you need to push to disconect

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now these are the rear handle bars.

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same process as before. remember to save those screws!

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tecollins1

Discussion Starter · #5 · Nov 21, 2012 (Edited)

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we are now moving to the rear quarter panel. use your flathead to open the cover and remove the screw.

now another grab and pull

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now lay it on the rear deck

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these are plasic pop rivets. just pull them straight out.

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this is the front seat belt cover. you want to pull out the top black section with the tan section attached.

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now you need to separate the tan from the balck. on the inside lips there are tabs.

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now while keeping the bottom half of the black section attached to the car. let the tan section dop down and remove from the top liner. now move it to the side.

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tecollins1

Discussion Starter · #6 · Nov 21, 2012 (Edited)

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these 3 steps arnt nessesary but it will help you in the future.use you flat head to remove the clear lense

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as well as the switch

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and be careful with the reflector, its plastic

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now back on track. from here all you have to do is lift up on the linner and get ahold of the edge of the dome housing and just pull it straight out.

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the housing and the liner stay as a whole

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tecollins1

Discussion Starter · #7 · Nov 21, 2012 (Edited)

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and your done

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Note* those square patches where added by me so you will not see them in your car
They are CDL tiles for sound deadening
if there is any thing you need clarification on i will be happy tho awnser all your questions and edit the thread for accuracy

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Sonic

· #8 · Nov 21, 2012

WoW - Great how too!! I don't plan to take the whole headliner, but I may have to with an upcoming job. This is just what I needed!

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Dale_K

· #9 · Nov 21, 2012

Thanks for posting this thread. Some of the links don't work on the next to the last post - no pics display and the forum message says something about invalid links.

tecollins1

Discussion Starter · #10 · Nov 21, 2012

Dale_K said:
Thanks for posting this thread. Some of the links don't work on the next to the last post - no pics display and the forum message says something about invalid links.

Thanks for the input!
Ill fix this as soon as I get off work.

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tecollins1

Discussion Starter · #11 · Nov 21, 2012

Post #6 fixed

buk azwell

· #12 · Nov 23, 2012

Wow, great how to!!
My head liner is faulty and is going to be replaced by the dealer! How do you get it out of the car??
Cheers.

Dale_K

· #13 · Dec 18, 2012 (Edited)

My car had the headliner lowered to fix some hail damage. I can hear some rustling sounds above the rear doors over rough roads and I suspect it might be the headliner.

In this picture I see some blocks attached to the headliner in that area.

Are those glued to the steel roof when the car leaves the factory? Do you think it's possible to flex the headliner enough to reglue them without taking the whole thing down? Or can you suggest a fix?

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HMDracing

· #14 · Jun 26, 2013

Thanks for the post, its going to help me a lot this weekend. Im doing suede head liner and wrapping the pillers.

Smurfenstein

· #15 · Jun 26, 2013 (Edited)

Dale_K said:
My car had the headliner lowered to fix some hail damage. I can hear some rustling sounds above the rear doors over rough roads and I suspect it might be the headliner.

In this picture I see some blocks attached to the headliner in that area.

Are those glued to the steel roof when the car leaves the factory? Do you think it's possible to flex the headliner enough to reglue them without taking the whole thing down? Or can you suggest a fix?

They're not glued to the roof, they're just there as spacers.

HMDracing said:
Thanks for the post, its going to help me a lot this weekend. Im doing suede head liner and wrapping the pillers.

Please... PLEASE use headliner suede, and not regular suede. I used it on mine and we got it to work, but we had to go through 3-4 coats of glue since it took close to an hour just to get it stretched into each crease without any wrinkles. I'm interested to see how it all turns out though, be sure to post the results in appearance/body or the media sub-forum.

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HMDracing

· #16 · Jun 29, 2013

Will do, im just going to do the headliner in the morning and ill wrap the plastic pillars next weekend.

Smurfenstein

· #17 · Jun 29, 2013

HMDracing said:
Will do, im just going to do the headliner in the morning and ill wrap the plastic pillars next weekend.

Yeah my uncle and I used regular suede, and even after trying to pre-stretch it we had to cut part of it and leave a small seam inbetween the rear view mirror and lights.

atikovi

· #18 · Apr 22, 2015

Great write-up but you left out the most important part. How the **** do you get it out of the car? The manual says to remove the windshield but I want to avoid that.

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Tmiller39

· #19 · Jul 10, 2017

Did your cruze have airbags on the pillars?mine says airbag do I need to do anything different? I'm upgrading my pillars with gauges

Blasirl

· #20 · Apr 23, 2018

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tecollins1 said:
once the top section pulls out far enough you will see that the top is conected buy a hanger clip.
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to get the clip off the pillar push the latch and slide the clip off.
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Can anyone tell me / show me how this clip operates?

Here are a few more pictures from another thread. I asked this before, but I think this thread will be more widely read.

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