Tips for the headliner:
It's a bit of a pain to fully disconnect the headliner. There are about 5 connections in the back near the liftgate. The 3 electrical connectors on the passenger side are basic tab press and pull to disconnect. On the rear driver side, there is a ground bolt and a connection to the rear window grid antenna you can just wiggle and pull. Disconnect all 5 before dropping the headliner.
If you do hydrophobic melamine foam as a sound absorber for the roof like I did, I recommend some sort of spray adhesive if your foam didn't come with adhesive. I cheaper out and got non-adhesive. I had to quickly go around and tack it up with a hot glue gun (last glue stick in the house) and then before they broke loose, but the headliner back up. I didn't feel I had time to take a picture, unfortunately. That's why that part is not documented.
Go around the headliner removing the oh-crap handles, the hanger hooks, overhead console, the sun visors, A-, B-, C-, and D-pillars. leave the center dome lamp for last. Also, the rear side windows have a trim piece that holds up the headliner just leave those on as extra supports for easy removal and reinstall of the headliner.
It's best to have another person there when you drop the headliner. to see where any connections/wires are hanging up or not.
TL;DR:
So I left the front airbag connectors connected. They intentionally make it hard to disconnect them, so I didn't. I disconnected the rear connections and dropped that end to the floor. The front of the headliner was held up by the steering wheel and a box on the dash to hold up the other end.
It's a pain to work with the headliner taking up the interior space, but manageable.
It's a bit of a pain to fully disconnect the headliner. There are about 5 connections in the back near the liftgate. The 3 electrical connectors on the passenger side are basic tab press and pull to disconnect. On the rear driver side, there is a ground bolt and a connection to the rear window grid antenna you can just wiggle and pull. Disconnect all 5 before dropping the headliner.
If you do hydrophobic melamine foam as a sound absorber for the roof like I did, I recommend some sort of spray adhesive if your foam didn't come with adhesive. I cheaper out and got non-adhesive. I had to quickly go around and tack it up with a hot glue gun (last glue stick in the house) and then before they broke loose, but the headliner back up. I didn't feel I had time to take a picture, unfortunately. That's why that part is not documented.
Go around the headliner removing the oh-crap handles, the hanger hooks, overhead console, the sun visors, A-, B-, C-, and D-pillars. leave the center dome lamp for last. Also, the rear side windows have a trim piece that holds up the headliner just leave those on as extra supports for easy removal and reinstall of the headliner.
It's best to have another person there when you drop the headliner. to see where any connections/wires are hanging up or not.
TL;DR:
So I left the front airbag connectors connected. They intentionally make it hard to disconnect them, so I didn't. I disconnected the rear connections and dropped that end to the floor. The front of the headliner was held up by the steering wheel and a box on the dash to hold up the other end.
It's a pain to work with the headliner taking up the interior space, but manageable.
