[Jason Hart]

There are 2 strips of metal which are connected to the front and rear of the interior which the headliner glues to. They are about 1.5" tall and the width of the front/rear glass. They are silver and not rusted, so I'm guessing they are alum or some other alloy. They are clipped to the sheet metal with a metal through connector which has no visible way to romove. You see the "head" of the connector which is a rectangle about 1/16" by 3/16". It looks like something which is pushed through the hole and body or perhaps a tab which is bent over.

I'm taking the car to the sandblaster in 3 weeks and was told to "remove everything". Should these strips be romoved? How do I remove them? If I remove them, will I have to get new connectors? The metal connectors are very hard and when I push on them with a screwdriver they do not budge or flex at all.

Thanks,
Jason