I am yanking my wiper today, and wondered if anyone else has. I picked up the hardtop yesterday, and like it.
But I started to think....when do I ever use a rear wiper?
In my grand Cherokee and my wifes hummer, I might use it for a few seconds if I had a little fog, frost, or ice. But that's it.

So, as I have to pay quite a bit to make the wiper work, and I don't plan on using it much, and since there's a huge box blocking my view, it's coming out.

Just wanted to see if anyone else had done this.

 

You bring up a good point. I don't think I'll ever use mine and can barely see out the back window anyway with my spare on and that huge black box covering the wiper motor. We would need a way to plug the holes left in the glass but I know that can be accomplished with some sort of plastic plugs.

 

I actually do use it once in a while. Unlike the defrost...which hasn't worked since most of the wires came unglued and the dealer wont warranty it!

 

my rear wiper has not worked all winter. not like i care to much i can't see out the back that well anyways with my tire blocking my view. so i might just pop it off and get some rubber grommets and jam them into the hole. i mean it does not really matter now it's almost time to put the soft top back on. and i would like to sell the hardtop just use the soft top all year round.

 

Ok. Nevermind.
The glass is black behind the motor anyway, so there is no improved field of vision.

 

I use my rear wiper almost everytime I drive it..well in the winter months or when its raining that is. I can see out my back window just fine.

 

If the image works, what I used is x2 washers and x2 rubber seals and a screw and nut. Painted it black to match. This is my tempory fix until I get a factory part to fill the hole.

I got the hard top for like $750. bones and never planned to hook up the windshield wipers so I removed them. Once removed you still have a base coat of paint to remove from the inside of the glass that was where the motor was (still need to remove paint). I also cut and moved my third brake light down to shine through my rims. It helped so much with visiblity out the back, for me anyways; plus it just looks better IMHO.

 

i was about to say the glass is painted black where the box for the motor is... so it wouldnt really do you much good taking it off just be a big pain in the ass...

 

If it's just paint, you should be able to scrape it off the glass fairly easily using a razor blade and some Goof Off. There really isn't much that will stick to glass permanently when you use a bit of elbow grease.

 

On my window sticker, the rear wiper is an OPTION. That means somewhere out there are JKs without rear wipers. You could just get a new rear glass. Or try to hunt one in a salvage yard.