The hardtop is easily gutted. The plastic pieces on each side and along with the header are held in place by plastic clips. My recollection is you remove both side pieces first and then the header piece. Once they are removed you can remove the headliner. It will be clear how to remove the headliner once the plastic pieces are out of the way. I didn't remove the sound installation shown in this pic but I would guess it is easily removed if you want it out.
