# Hatch Door Swap

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/hatch-door-swap/89867>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** grand-cherokee, jeep\
**Created:** [May 4, 2015, 7:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hatch-door-swap/89867 "2015-05-04T07:05:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![frontsteps](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/frontsteps/32/2939_2.png) [@frontsteps](https://community.cartalk.com/u/frontsteps)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 7:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hatch-door-swap/89867/1 "2015-05-04T07:05:41Z")

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Hey, I’m doing a hatch and bumper swap. I’m swaping it from a 99 Laredo to a limited. How hard is it to do so? Am i going to have take down the celling liner? And if thats the case, is there a trick of the trade? THANKS in advance.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 7:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hatch-door-swap/89867/2 "2015-05-04T07:41:56Z")

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Here ya go!

\*Remove high-center brake light from lift gate.

\*Open and support lift gate.

\*Remove lift gate trim panel.

\*Disconnect and plug the hose for the rear window washer.

\*Remove the screws that attach rear wiper and lift gate power lock harness connectors to the lift gate and disconnect the connectors.

\*Using the access hole created when the high-center brake light was removed, route the rear window washer hose and the rear lift gate wiring harness/grommets thru the hole and separate from the lift gate.

\*Remove the retaining clips that secure the support rods from the ball studs.

\*Remove the support rods from the ball studs.

\*Remove the bolts that attach the hinges to the lift gate.

\*Remove the lift gate from the vehicle.

Tester