exaktoh

I just recently removed my roof rack by following the instructions from this thread. It was painless as long as you follow the directions and order the correct parts (roof rack delete kit). However, I ran into a problem where the screw housing for the Left Rear fell inside (in between the roof and headliner). To elaborate on this, it is a plastic like cylinder tube that has a female thread inside, these came loose and dropped so now I have nowhere to screw the bolts for the roof delete (Left Rear) kit on.




I managed to Macgyver the situation as a temporary solution by putting duct tape on the roof rack mounting holes as a base, installing the roof delete kit and taping the ends of the cover with electrical tape down to the rubber. I know the only way to fix this is to actually tear up the car and remove all the panels and headliner, is there another way to get to the screws that fell?




Without the roof rack

RedGemini

I'm going to guess the only solution will be to drop the headliner.

05RX330AWD

Careful with duct tape on clear coat & paint, it could damage it.
I noticed when the glass company placed a plastic as a temporary fix for my shattered tailgate glass used a special tape in order not to damage the paint.

exaktoh

Not too worried about the duct tape since that part of the car will be covered by the bracket and cover, thank you though.
Will eventually drop the headliner and line up the bolts from underneath. So far it's holding up pretty well. Uggggghhh too much trouble for those screws.