Leaking Tailgate

I know this has come up before a few times.
I have done a search and I think I know what the problem is but!!!!!

Cubby box full of water, water drips on my rear luggage cover and head lining above rear door ****ed wet through.

This is the bit I cant find, How do I remove the trim to get to sort it out please?

There does not seem to be any screws visible, so do I just use brute force to remove them? or is there some technical way for removing them?

Thanks in advance for any help.

take it you've got a 3dr freebie?

if so sounds like a failed door seal!
all my freelanders have been 3dr and all have had the same thing happen
but was fixed by stealers.

it seems to be where the lower door seal fits to the body where the hard top fits.

No sorry, never mentioned mines a 5 door. We have had some torrential rain over here just lately and it's bloody annoying evertime you get things from the boot.
I think it is definately coming in from the top because the head lining is wet for about 2" all along the roof over the rear door. Also the luggage cover has water stains on it

I just need some info on how to remove the trim. I dont want to just force it off and damage it.

Check the headlining at the inside top of the door. If it is wet then it's not the door rubber, instead the water is getting in through the screwholes that hold the top outer trim in place. It then just drips down at a fair rate of knots into the cubby hole where it becomes a stagnent paddling pool. You will need to remove the outer side trims then the top trim. This is done by brute force and you WILL break the clips! Unscrew the metal bracket that the top trim clips onto then get some mastic and bed the nylon clips into the holes in the body using the mastic. Run a line of mastic across the top of the screw clips the width of the vehicle (well, what would be covered when the metal strip is back in place) and then squirt some more mastic into the screwholes in the nylon clips then screw the metal bracket back in. Refit the outer trim and snip snip - Bob's yer aunty. You will end up breaking the plastic clips that hold the trim on when removing the trim so best to buy 6 clips for the side trims (each is held on with 3 clips) and 5 of a different type for the top trim before you start.

For info, the part numbers are:

Side trim clips = DCE 100560
Top trim clips = DYC 101470

Hope this helps.

Many thanks Jagman. Just the info I was looking for. Will sort it out this weekend.
Hopefully no more indoor paddling pool