Need help with 2022 CX-5 Headliner removal

[ahhduy]

Currently trying to remove the headliner but I'm stuck. I've removed the A pillars, the front map light, both sun visors/ clips, loosened the B pillar, C pillar/cargo area, all the oh-s***-bars, and undid the three push clips in the very back.

I know the dome light for the rear passengers is still there, but I'm at a loss as how to remove it. can't find even a picture of the style that have on google; it's the led style (2022 Turbo trim).

Does anyone know if have to pop one of the buttons out to reveal a screw or do just really need to pull harder on it to separate it from the headliner?

Also is this the last thing holding the headliner in?

 

[24Carbon]

Online I read the headliner has to come down, THEN the rear dome light assembly can be removed. Is this true? If you need the link I can get it. I assume by now you got this figured out?

Just curious, why are you dropping the headliner?
And if you did get it removed, do you have any pictures of the roof from the inside with no headliner?
I want to add a ham radio antenna mount on the roof and would like to see what I'm working with.

 

[ahhduy]

I did figure it out actually; the gasket around the sunroof needed to be pulled away and the headliner was finally able to drop out.

I took the headliner out to do a starlight headliner install. Came out really well but a little disappointed in the way the headliner looks during the day. Still need to clean it up a bit.

I have photos of the bare roof but funny enough, none of the starlight headliner.

 

[24Carbon]

Thank you so much for the pics. That helps but still a little hard to tell exactly where cross members are and aren't etc.
There is a type of antenna mount I can do all from the outside but it needs to be a single ply place. I can't hit a crossmember or anything, so just trying to figure out what's under there so I drill the right place.
Any other pics?

 

[24Carbon]

Any other views/angles showing the roof without headliner? Thanks again

 

[ahhduy]

No others, sorry

 

[24Carbon]

It's not 2 ply or anything is it? It's only 1 piece of metal thick as long as I avoid the cross members? Or does the sunroof go into a "pocket" with a roof above and below it?

 

[24Carbon]

I'm drilling right above the rear dome light from the outside, just want to be sure, other than a cross member, it's not 2 pieces thick or a false roof below where the sunroof goes or anything