Rear Bumper Replacement

[Nikki]

Does anyone know if a rear bumper replacement is hard to do? Or should I take it to a body shop? My husband seems to think it may be easy to replace it. I called my local dealer and they don't do repairs like that but they have another one of their dealerships that has a body shop that they can direct me to.

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[am1978]

It’s about 10-15 bolts, like 30 small screws to get to the backup sensors, unclipping the wiring for sensors and the plate light, a job that takes about 40-60mins. You can probably find a takeoff for cheap from someone who ordered a steel bumper.

 

[am1978]

You could just get an aftermarket bumper...GoRhino with Quadratec JLWF discount is about what you’d pay a body shop for the work. Takes about 90-120 mins to do the swap. You damaged a backup/park sensor. Allmoparparts.com sells replacements, along with the sensor brackets and retainers, probably about $40 for the sensors and plastic bits.

 

[W1ck3d]

3 small 8mm bolts by the flare for the mud gaurd ... 4 16mm bolts to the side of the bumper behind that.... 4 16mm nuts to the frame... 2 10mm nuts at the bottom of the bumper... And 1 electrical connector.... Takes like 20 min they aren't bad at all..

 

[W1ck3d]

The top 2 16mm nuts are kind of a pain to get at and youll have to use a wrench on those, but other than that they aren't bad at all... I don't know why they would recommend a body shop.... It looks like a plastic bumper, unless body shops do those sorts of things

 

[dad2steph]

Did this last weekend. The cheap plastic bumper broke so decided to upgrade. Very simple and can be done in about 1-2 hours.

 

[TJ2018]

Did this last weekend. The cheap plastic bumper broke so decided to upgrade. Very simple and can be done in about 1-2 hours.

I like that bumper... which one is it?

 

[dad2steph]

I like that bumper... which one is it?

DV8 RBJL-01. Comes with the aux lights, License plate relocation bracket and License plate light.

 

[Socceref]

I assume this bumper does not have the Jeep park-sense sensors?

 

[am1978]

I assume this bumper does not have the Jeep park-sense sensors?

That DV8 above? It does, zoom in to see them.

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