MK6 Golf Towing / Tow Bar thread

[Dan_3MPS]

Bumping again, almost a year later!

Have a genuine towbar kit installed now, works well. Been looking to tow a camper trailer which means I'll need an electric brake controller due to the weight going over 600kg, has anyone fitted one of these themselves?

Also have air bag inserts for the rear coil springs coming, will post pics once installed if anyone is interested.

A tuned GTI is an epic tow car

[craig_the_german]

I have an electric brake controller fitted to another vehicle. You'll need a power supply from the battery and a brake signal usually taken from the brake pedal switch. You will also need to look at where to fit the module (mine is behind the glove box but is not a Golf so check for space)and mine has a control knob that fitted into the console. Redarc TowPro or TowPro Elite come highly recommended (mine is a Towpro) The only issue I can imagine would come if connecting a brake controller confused the onboard electronics and threw errors.

[bernie88]

I have an electric brake controller fitted to another vehicle. You'll need a power supply from the battery and a brake signal usually taken from the brake pedal switch. You will also need to look at where to fit the module (mine is behind the glove box but is not a Golf so check for space)and mine has a control knob that fitted into the console. Redarc TowPro or TowPro Elite come highly recommended (mine is a Towpro) The only issue I can imagine would come if connecting a brake controller confused the onboard electronics and threw errors.

Did you wire it up yourself or had an auto electrician do it? I'm contemplating just doing it myself,