Tow bar removal advice

Hi All,
I'm after a bit of advice on how to remove a tow bar from my mk1.  I've tried a search and couldn't really find anything.  I'm after advice on:
Removal;
Disconnection of electrics;
Making good to car upon removal (grommets?)
Thanks in advance , here's a couple of picture:

Mk1 Golfs are old enough to be before Type Approval for towbars, and this means there's no particular standard for their location points or fitting - after 1998 (S reg) towbars (for a particular car) tend to be much of a muchness, differing only in the type of finish and quality.

Anyway….as far as removal goes, if there's holes which have been drilled then there may be rust due to not making good the paintwork etc, especially looking at how rusty the towbar is. So it would be worth making good here, then a decent fitting grommet.

Electrics - there's lots of ways it could have been done but the 2 logical ways would have been to either use scotchlocks or go onto the terminals at the back of the lights. If they've used scotchlocks then prising them off carefully will not damage the wire beyond the 'cut' through the insulation, so a circle of insulation tape could be added and the wiring would be fine. Terminals would just pull off the light clusters with no issue. But there might be more damage to the wiring, difficult to guess at.

Forgot to mention, the towbar style might have replaced the bumper inner section, you'd need one of these to put it back to standard. But it looks like it might be a different style.

Thanks for the information, greatly appreciated.  I don't think the bumper has been altered so hopefully ok on that front. 

Looks identical to the one I had on mine. There was also a bracing bar which went all the way accross the joint between rear panel and boot floor which needed taking off  as well.

I just put rubber grommets in all the holes after painting around the edges where the thread of the bolt removed the paint.

The wiring was scotchlocked in, I just cut the wires going to the tow bar right next to the scotchlocked blocks and taped over with insulating tape.

Thanks Richard, do you recall what size and how many grommets you needed?

Cheers,
Graeme

If the tow bar electrics are scotch locked on to the original cables you can unclip/open the scotch locks and remove them completely but you will have a little cut in the plastic casing which needs to be taped up.
Soctch locks… Worst invention ever so best to remove any you find.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/50-Blue-Scotch-Locks-Splice-Connectors-/161040834798?hash=item257ec820ee:g:Y3cAAMXQS6pRsN2z