How do I get the headliner panel out of my supercab Ranger?

[bbass408]

I'm thinking of recovering the healiner in my 1994 Ranger Supercab. I've been looking and planning and measuring and ordering. All of a sudden I thought that it looks nearly impossible to remove the headliner panel from the truck. Has anyone ever removed a headliner panel from a supercab? The panel is about 48 X 50. The door opening on the longest diagonal is 51. To get the panel out the door opening, it looks like the door will have to come off. That seems like a huge PITA. I'm just wondering if there's some advice on how to get that thing out of there and then back in without bending it something awful and having it break apart. Alternatively, I could try recovering it in the truck. But, applying adhesive and the new fabric upside down without getting adhesive all over everything seems pretty challenging too. Any advice on this would be great.

[Action4478]

Most likely it will come out the door ,,I have had to remove the front seat at times . They do bend a little too. We just took one out of a 4 door 150 through the door ....

You can pop the back window out if need be ...