To answer the questions not answered, all I had to do is remove the wiper motor and run some wire of my own and that's it. I also left the wiper switch inside but the harness that went to the wiper motor I unplugged and just ziptied back there so it pretty much useless. Then I removed the rear washer fluid pump fuse because I left the washer fluid line intact in the tailgate and if I did not remove that I could possibly soak the tailgate if I accidentally turned it on one day.
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Also I don't plan on removing the applique. Mainly because it holds the licnse plate lights and the pop trunk switch and if I removed it I would have to run a switch all the way inside to pop the trunk (which is useless because you have to pull the lift glass as you press the switch and you can't do that from inside) and I would have to find a way to mount license plate lights and have it look good, not possible on a tailgate like the one below, with even the applique shaved.