I just bought a red, stock '00 with a Safari Rack. I drove it around town for a week or two. Then I broke the passenger front axle, bent the front diff housing, and broke the front gears. I had to tow it 200 miles from Moab Utah, back to the dealer near Salt Lake City. It then spent three weeks in the shop waiting for the diff housing to arrive. We got it back two days before we started smashing it again. :-D
I slipped down and muddy hill into a creek bed. I smashed out my passenger front fog light and broke my passenger rear tail light. This destroyed the plastic in the front fender. We picked the drive side plastic out of the creek. We disconnected the passenger side plastic when we got home. We didn't notice it rubbing the front tire. We smelled it when we got out. I also tore of my passenger rear mud flap and the plastic trim it was connected to. Most of these systems are redundant so I'm doing okay. :-)
I had to disconnect two hoses from my fog light and disconnect it when my wife noticed it swinging near my tire. What are the hoses? Should I pipe them together or not worry about them?
I'm thinking of just disconnecting the other light chopping off the red plastic of each side with a sawzall. Should I try to reconnect the mud flap? Can I get steel trim to replace this plastic stuff?