Well.
I happened to have a set of dental style picks and was able to pull three of them back. Took about three hours all told, and I did have to remove the rear passenger side window trim. (It went back together short a mystery bolt.)
I went and bought two pieces of 6” all-thread, some big washers and wing nuts.
Basically, after using a dental pick in each hole and lifting it close, I would run a piece of all-thread into one side, use that to pull the other side up, then run. All-thread into that side.
This way, it couldn’t drop all the way back out, and I was able to slide all the new gaskets and brackets over top, before swapping the all thread for the rack bolts.
I pray it doesn’t leak.
Ridiculous pictures for proof of effort:
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