Anyone removed it? do you need special tools for the clips?

I gotta remove it to try and fix a small dent..

thanks

 

just rip it off

 

to save the clips yeah you can use a door panel tool but chances are their gunna break

 

i ripped mine off and did the same in the trunk

 

this is the tool

 

oh that's nice.. for the trunk I broke some but was able to save most I guess I'll try the same, i hate these clips

 

what is the benifit of taking off the hood liner?

 

I have a screwdriver that looks like a Y, and it works good for popping them out. I pulled my trunk apart three times and reused the clips, and my hood twice, but the hood clips are much weaker. Only got two out of the hood clips.

There is also four little clips underneath the rubber guard on the top of the hoodliner in addition to the five big clips that you can see.

To put a new one on. And Renesis has to fix a dent in his.

 

the hood liner traps in heat

 

And protects the paint on your hood. (long term)

 

i wouldnt know about that, i have a CF hood

 

thanks to all of you I'll try to find such a tool

 

Use a large kitchen fork, like for barbacueing hotdogs. It needs to be 2 prong and have a fairly wide flat surface towards the back. Gently push it under each plastic securing bolt. Gently pull down and wiggle grabbing the prongs with one hand and the handle with the other. Pop each one out and the hood blanket will come right off.

 

I believe its called a tack puller or something to that effect. That should work fine, its what I use, probably can find it at walmart or lowes.