Helpful advice. The tailgate is quite heavy and bulky, so we recommend removing and installing the tailgate hinges with an assistant.
1. Turn out screws of fastening of an upholstery of the right back rack of a body …
2.... and remove the upholstery.
3. Similarly remove an upholstery of the left back rack of a body.
4. Carefully, so as not to damage the upholstery, pry off the three clips at the rear of the roof panel..
5.... and remove the clips from the upholstery holders.
6. Remove the three upholstery holders from the holes in the roof panel.
7. Prying with a screwdriver..
8.... Disconnect the right stop of the tailgate from the upper ball pin.
9. Similarly, while holding the door, disconnect the upper fastening of the left stop.
10. While holding the door, carefully bend the back of the roof upholstery and unscrew the two nuts securing the left hinge of the tailgate to the roof panel.
Note. This operation must be performed from inside the car.
11. Similarly turn off two nuts of fastening of the right hinge of a door of a back to the roof panel.
12. To gain access to the bolts of the hinges to the tailgate, remove the safety rubber tube from the door panel of the wires of the additional brake light and the wiper motor reducer, then move the door aside.
13. While holding the door, unscrew the two bolts securing the left hinge to the tailgate panel..
14.... and remove the left loop.
15. Similarly remove the right loop of a door of a back.
16. Establish hinges of a door of a back in an order, the return to removal. If necessary, replace damaged headliner retainers and their retainers.