Towbar fitting

I hope this may be of use to others who want to fit a tow-bar to an MG3.

I ordered the bar from the online MG shop as it comes with the correct electrics (more on this later).
It arrived next day. MG have made no secret that it is a Witter bar, it comes in a Witter box with Witter fittings. The ball assembly is what Witter call a fixed flange i.e. you need tools to remove it.
The electrics kit is labelled as MG3 / MG6, and the instructions are only MG6.

Fitting the bar itself is quite straight forward, the instructions are easy to follow – after working out how to remove the rear bumper! MG advise cutting a 50mm diameter hole in the bumper, I only had a 54mm hole saw, but this is better as with 50 there would be insufficient space for the electric cable. Also the distance from the edge of the bumper (140mm ), is from the original line of the plastic, mine has been cut away to clear the towing eye. But all the bolts line up so no issues with fit. You do need to fit the electric cable before refitting the bumper.

I'm having having a small problem with the electrics not disabling the parking sensors. Once I've resolved this I'll write up the rest of the installation. Suffice it to say that I think it best to work on the right hand side of the car, not the left as per the instructions. The Park Distance Control box is there – it must be on the left in a 6. It also mean you don't need to drill another hole for the trailer wire as you can use the existing wiring grommet, just cut a hole in the rubber for it to pass through.

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Towbar fitting