Hey Guys, Just thought Id see if I could help?
Have you removed the upper bolt and completely removed the strut tower bars?
This might help get the panel out. I just removed ours yesterday for some R&D and had no troubles getting it out.
I have attached a few pics to hopefully help.
Here is the upper bolt that needs to be removed.
carfully remove the wires in the cover.
Pop the cover up and foward, you can see one of the attachment point grommets in this picture.
Then, Tada! Time to do some WORK!