Hi
From the UK..just bought a 4.0L Classic and need to remove the towbar to clean it up and repaint it. Unlike the rest of the Jeep its very rusty! I think I need to remove those endcaps that go forward to the rear mudflaps. Can anyone explain how to remove them, I did find the 10mm bolts under the corners but they must fix somewhere up the front too.
Jeep is great other than a dodgy steering box.

 

on my 2000 I raised the rear hatch and pulled out the plastic insert between the bumper top and the body and then I accessed all 8 bolts holding on the bumper with a ratchet and extensions. Good luck, but why not paint the hitch while it is on the Jeep ?

 

I think that plastic/rubber strip is rivetted to the bumber! I need to check the towbar is safe all over as I transport live fish with it and the tank they travel in weighs about 1.5t plus the trailer. Will have a closer look at that strip later, thanks.

 

that plastic strip should just pull up and out

 

ok.. so how do you get at the bolts? Do you take off the bumper then the brkts? I was trying to install a hitch and broke a weld nut. Ground off the bolt head.. Now i noticed that the little flange that all the nuts are welded on is bent from my impact... I need the rear bumper off to change that flange to all bolts... Any ideas?