Targe bar pad removal, Am i missing something? Options

[JamesM]

I am removing the targa bad pad from one of my cars and i don't remember it being such a pain on some of the other ones i have done, feels like it might have been glued on from the underside. Is there a screw or something else i missing here? I have removed all the screws along the front and underside as well as the plates that go over the latches but this thing still does not want to budge.

Any ideas before i take to it with brute force?

[pcar916]

I just went through this last week to install a Lexan rear window and it was harder than it should have been. There were three screws that were nearly impossible to find because a PO had put in additional screws on top of them... so I only thought I removed them. Use a really good phillips-head screwdriver. If the heads get stripped they're not fun to get to. Also, before you re-attach the pad make sure you peen the screw holes so they still hold with the standard screws. You don't want to find out you'll have to use oversized ones while you're installing it.

Honestly, I don't know what the person responsible was thinking. He also left off the clips that hold on the hooks so that the pad was retaining it. Naturally they fell apart when I got the pad off.

Just keep on looking for screws you've missed. It pulls off just fine unless someone used silicon along the top edge of the rear glass and accidentally "glued" the rear of the pad to the glass.

Good luck