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    Help Installing a towbar

    Hey there i need to install the wiring for the towbar.
    Buy a DIY kit and follow the instructions??

    Also people have told me for my Vr6 i need a ECU for it?? True??

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    Highly unlikely it'll need a separate ECU.

    Just tap into the relevent wires for each light (1 tail, 1 brake, 1 for each blinker), and go from there. For the earth, there's bound to be an earth point somewhere in the back of the car not far from the tail light wiring.
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    sounds unlikely, no issues putting a towbar on a mk4 so a mk3 shouldnt be a problem
    My build thread here: 1.6 sr into 1.8T http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/foru...-8t-63249.html

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    Thanks for that however when I do install it
    How could I tell if I need a ecu??

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    Should be pretty straight forward installing it. As for the wiring exactly as "umai naa!!" Said you can just tap into the relevant wires and wired it to the socket. There might be a oem harness for it which should be plug and play but I don't know whether they came from factory with a towbar
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    I've order my wiring harness with the cable today

    Ill install it when I get it

    I'm only worried I would damage my computer cause I didn't install a ecu

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    Help Installing a towbar

    Both sides (needs drivers side indicators). 'ECU' just stops the car from getting tail light error - not sure if that is gonna be an issue with a Mk3
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    Quote Originally Posted by 99_FGT View Post
    Both sides (needs drivers side indicators). 'ECU' just stops the car from getting tail light error - not sure if that is gonna be an issue with a Mk3
    pretty sure with the mk3's one tail runs from the other? could be wrong though...

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    Cheers for the help gonna install it this weekend,
    its a universal one so im gonna tap into the relevant wires

    The Towbar guy said that cause its a european car i might need a ecu he said extra 110 bucks and if i didnt have one it could fck up the computer thats the only thing im worried about.

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    Pretty sure just for the mk4 onwards mk3's should be fine without it as we don't have very fancy electronics
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