Headliner removal - front dome light surround

[Lander91]

Hi team, I've got the headliner out without too much trouble. I'm at the last bit to tackle before I can get the actual fabric off. I've run into a roadblock in getting the surrounding frame for the front central dome light out. Seems like its 2 parts that have been fixed together during manufacture, and by fixed I mean plastic welded. See the pic for reference, you can see the little dots/tabs that are melted/fused in place. The 2 pieces of the frame, the backing Fram and the visible Fram/trim seen from below sandwich the headliner between them.

Anyone who's done the headliner job know if this can come out some how so I can properly re-glue the fabric, or does one simply stuff the fabric in the gap using a trim tool or sommit?

[Frazz82]

I did mine 2 years ago. I just split in and glued it back together after new material was fitted.

Maybe another method but that way worked for me.

[Lander91]

Thanks frazz that's the conclusion I'm coming to as well.

[Frazz82]

No worries.

I used a glue gun to put back together 2 years on and its still in place.

[Gav66]

Same here, cut off the plastic poles holding it together then glue gun to fix it back on easy job.