2004 Hard Top Wiring to 06 SE

[Skatingdaddy]

I have 2006 Wrangler SE and purchase an excellent condition "04 Hardtop that has wiper, defroster and sprayer. Since I live near the Illinois/Wisconsin border its going to start cooling soon. I do not have any wiring on my dash or anything running to the back for a hardtop connection. What is the most simple thing I can do to get the wiper and defroster at minimum to work. The sprayer would be a bonus. Is there a plug I can purchase to the hardtop that will allow my to run wiring to my dash and add switches? links to vendors/ I do not want to rewire my entire dash i need something simple for my 16 year old to understand and that we can do together.
Thanks and look forward to the recommendations.

 

[Jamison C]

Unfortunately, the “simplest” method would be to swap the wiring out with wiring from a Jeep that had a hardtop. Otherwise you’re going to be running a lot of custom wiring to and from the front and rear and dash of your Jeep.

The defrost is actually pretty straightforward, but the wiper/sprayer are a little more in depth. Someone on here made a stand-alone harness but I can’t remember who it was. Hopefully he’ll chime in.

Here are a couple threads I made regarding this swap:
https://wranglertjforum.com/threads...r-tj-for-a-hardtop-part-1-dash-harness.15350/https://wranglertjforum.com/threads...-for-a-hardtop-part-2-rear-tub-harness.15553/Unfortunately this is much simpler on 97-02 models. 03-06 requires you to remove all of the wiring from the dash which severely complicated things. But these are a good basis to give you an idea of what’s involved with swapping harnesses between Jeeps.

 

[Skatingdaddy]

Thanks I did read your post and nicely done. but now the starter just went out and guess what my son and I are doing tonight???)
BTW I think the defway to do this is to run a separate harness and have a few switches. But I still have several weeks before it starts getting cold. I just need the glass not to fog up and occasionaly wipe some snow off. Thanks again and will wait for the member to chime in.

 

[LONGJP2]

There's a Mopar wiring kit that's no longer available. Occasionally they show up on Ebay or Craigslist.
I have an unfinished (homemade) harness I started some time ago. I would let it go pretty cheap if you're interested.

 

[Skatingdaddy]

interested
where in IL are u?