the rack on my 99 ltd started peeling so until I repaint it, I pulled it. it was easy, 10 philips head scews no drama, went to home depot and bought some set scews put some rtv on them and filled the holes, the oem screw stuck up. I might paint the inserts, but prolly won't bother. weird though, my 99 eb had torx screws instead of philips head. I left it on, it does not have the spoiler like the ltd so it won't look right.
really easy stuff, I'm 6 ft tall and can't stand flat footed and see the black bars in the middle. they don't look too bad any how.