Tow bar

[Woodyeyes]

Hi woodyeyes do you know if they are supplying them for owner fitment? Could you post there phone number. Cheers Dave.

Don't know Dave. Give em a ring. 01246768894
Mine was the second mg4 he'd done. Took a 2-3 hours.

 

[ADentSE]

I think we payed 18kSEK for the TOW-bar in November (almost 1400 pounds), added to car price. Still not available in Sweden Don't know if it will be detachable or not.

 

[mg4black]

Alleluja
MG4 Luxury (trophy for england), Rome, Italy, finally, after many months I found the tow bar

 

[JuziWomble]

Alleluja
MG4 Luxury (trophy for england), Rome, Italy, finally, after many months I found the tow bar

Hmm Looking good - How did you find the range impact ?

 

[mg4black]

Hmm Looking good - How did you find the range impact ?

what do you mean for "find the range impact" ?

 

[JuziWomble]

Re range impact = with this fitted and bike/bikes on back - range - KM's you can do ? Lowered much or hardly anything ?

 

[mg4black]

Re range impact = with this fitted and bike/bikes on back - range - KM's you can do ? Lowered much or hardly anything ?

It has just been fitted to me, I will make my first outing on Saturday and check the consumption. As soon as I have a definite figure I'll let you know.

 

[JuziWomble]

It has just been fitted to me, I will make my first outing on Saturday and check the consumption. As soon as I have a definite figure I'll let you know.

Enjoy oh and what bikes.... MTB /Gravel or Road bikes / Or all and kids bikes

 

[mg4black]

Enjoy oh and what bikes.... MTB /Gravel or Road bikes / Or all and kids bikes

MTB and road, two Orbea Rise (me and my wife) and one BMC Timemachine one for me

 

[JuziWomble]

Decent .. Enjoy your travels

 

[Davecut1]

Can anyone especially those that have had a tow bar fitted is there an electrical outlet socket built into the MG harness to supply power to an electrical trailer socket.

Another small piece of advice would be helpful. Where exactly are the fixings to remove the rear plastic bumper panel. I can go in blindly and just take every screw or bolt out or preferably go in with a little knowledge and save myself so time and trouble.

 

[mg4black]

Can anyone especially those that have had a tow bar fitted is there an electrical outlet socket built into the MG harness to supply power to an electrical trailer socket.

NO, when you mount tow bars the installer must be mount specific kit to supply the power for external element (tow bars or trailer)

more details of my MG4 with tow bars

 

[MG4London]

You can fit the two at yourself just bolt it on

The lights are a problem if it’s a large trailer but the law is if it’s a small trailer that you can see the car lights then you don’t need a trailerboard


There are Bluetooth wireless trailer boards if it’s needed

 

[tsedge]

You can fit the two at yourself just bolt it on

The lights are a problem if it’s a large trailer but the law is if it’s a small trailer that you can see the car lights then you don’t need a trailerboard


There are Bluetooth wireless trailer boards if it’s needed

Does that include the fog light? Normally a tow bar obscures a central fog light but I am not sure if they are required for trailers / bike carriers.

 

[MG4London]

Can anyone especially those that have had a tow bar fitted is there an electrical outlet socket built into the MG harness to supply power to an electrical trailer socket.

Another small piece of advice would be helpful. Where exactly are the fixings to remove the rear plastic bumper panel. I can go in blindly and just take every screw or bolt out or preferably go in with a little knowledge and save myself so time and trouble.

Does that include the fog light? Normally a tow bar obscures a central fog light but I am not sure if they are required for trailers / bike carriers.

I’m just not sure sorry

I expect if you can see the car lights you are ok

 

[chrisbov]

I note that MG says that the MG4 can tow up to 500kg, so I assume that there is a connector to the wiring loom for the trailer electrics. Does anyone know what towbars are available?

Witter offer a tow bar. The wiring loom is not yet available! The MG has LED lights which draw very little current. Most trailers have incandescent bulbs which draw more current, so an adaptor is required to provide 2 Amps at 12v for brake lights and a little less for side and indicator bulbs. I am told by local towing specialist that looms will become available when there is sufficient demand. MG will probably have one available but I haven't enquired.

Its a fair point made here not ideal but doable for certain.
Les

I think the replacement fog light would need to be a compatible LED light.

 

[Vingnut]

Got my new MG4 Luxury delivered wednesday 31.05.23 with a Witter towbar and a Witter car spesific wiring lom (canbus). It looks exactly like the one in post 112. The wiring lom (MG4/5 spesific) uses a exsisting hole in the left rear wheel arch (at least in the lhd) where the lom displaces the gromit/seal in the hole, at roughly the same place the canbus plug is located.
Power is tapped from the fusebox up front with a power trough fuse (same style as many use for their dashcams). Have not tested ut yet but it looks neat.
Oh, this is in Norway.

 

[steveboyd]

Got my new MG4 Luxury delivered wednesday 31.05.23 with a Witter towbar and a Witter car spesific wiring lom (canbus). It looks exactly like the one in post 112. The wiring lom (MG4/5 spesific) uses a exsisting hole in the left rear wheel arch (at least in the lhd) where the lom displaces the gromit/seal in the hole, at roughly the same place the canbus plug is located.
Power is tapped from the fusebox up front with a power trough fuse (same style as many use for their dashcams). Have not tested ut yet but it looks neat.
Oh, this is in Norway.

any pics?

 

[Vingnut]

No pics from the instalation (I was not there), but have some from the installation manual (wiring lom). Be warned that there are no waranty if not installed professionally and these pics does omit most of the important instructions.

My thoughts when taking these pics was to show the gist of it and a possible power take out on the lhd Luxury for lets say dash cams and such, not to publish the copyrighted manual. Rhd cars I guess have a different ruting of the cables and placement of the canbus and rubber gromit.

Edit: Added a picture of the power take out in the passenger compartment fusebox (90 degree power take out with 2 fuses).

Be aware that MY23 seem to have a different style canbus plug up on the rear wheel arch. So make sure your electric kit is for the the right model year.

 

[steveboyd]

No pics from the instalation (I was not there), but have some from the installation manual. Be warned that there are no waranty if not installed professionally and these pics does omit most of the important instructions.

My thoughts when taking these pics was to show the gist of it and a possible power take out on the lhd Luxury for lets say dash cams and such, not to publish the copyrighted manual. Rhd cars I guess have a different ruting of the cables and placement of the canbus and rubber gromit.

cheers for that