Has anyone ever removed the tail gate trim, I know there are metal clips along the bottom (Include one screw by the pull handle) which I can unclip, the top of the main piece of trim does not want to release by the window, including the whole piece which goes around the top of the window. Any help would be much appreciated 🙂

See pages 107 - 110:

 

 

From the workshop manuals provided by Arkaig in the Kodiaq guides section.

Edit : Ah, beaten to it by the man himself

Edited 16 November, 20196 yr by Kenny R

Thank you guys, I'll give it a go 🙂

Still unable to get it to release 😞

Did you get any further than this...this is where I got stuck too!!!!

The black round tube thing (2nd picture) pulls out, it's an outer tube on the trim that fits over an inner tube that's part of the plastic part screwed to the door.

 

It's a bugger to get out and needs unreasonable force.  A trim removal prybar will help here, or a huge flat screwdriver. Make sure you pull inline with the tube or it'll snap off.

 

The long square tube things in the pictures 2 and 3  have the bent metal clips at the ends, again pry or pull with unreasonable force and they'll pop out.

 

Putting it back in is very hard with 1 person, as you push one end and the other end pops back out.  A 2nd person is a big help here.

 

TL:DR Grit your teeth, close your eyes and yank

After I lost my cool and ripped the whole thing off, I noticed a little hole on the back side of that bracket. If you insert a large screw driver in the whole it releases the bracket. 
 

I will defo remember this for a lifetime...

Love the design of this bracket...

Good to know! Thanks for sharing this.