Capirato

Has anyone had a Brake Controller installed on their GX ??

~ Cap

josta

I'm looking for the same thing. I'd like a clean, "built-in" installation perhaps using the ash tray area. Any ideas/suggestions?

dholling13

I can not only suggest but show you pictures later tonight when the wife gets home.

On our old GX, we had a local shop wire the harness for our Pilot controller. After the wreck, I mounted this one in a sweet spot under what I refer to as the emissions plug.

echrist0

We had the controller installed at a local place the works on horse trailers. I'll see if I can get the name brand, model number, maybe even a picture.

dholling13

Here's a picture of the controller. It's made by pilot. I mounted it, using one wrie tie, to the plastic trim around the Dignostic plug under the steering column.

dholling13

Sorry for the blury picture, but you'll get the gist. There's a pre-wired plug that is taped to a wire harness under the steering column. Remove the lower panel to access it. I had my harness adapter plug tied into my brake controller by a local shop, but you can purchase these harness plugs separately.

Capirato

Here is another.....

~ Cap

josta

Thank you, but I was looking for a "built-in" installation instead of hanging under the dash. My son did it in his Toyota Tundra and it looks super-clean!

dholling13

I was toying with making a baffle and flush mounting the pilot controller in the fuse compartment, but it wasn't worth the effort. What you don't see from these pictures is how incognito this controller is. It's almost hidden under the dash and out of the way.

Josta,

Good luck with whatever you try...

josta

Has anyone mounted the brake controller in the glove box? That would definitely make it "out of the way and out of sight"!

cmarshack

It's been a long time since I have towed anything that needed a brake controller...but I am pretty sure that you need to be able to reach it in case you need to manually apply the trailer brakes. So the glove box would not really work.



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CaptnPete

I have an Ultima Brake controller for electric brakes. It was wired using the pre-wired harness from Lexus.

Since I no longer have a trailer I am willing to remove it from the car and sell it.

I can take some pictures.

website for the controller: http://www.bestbrakecontroller.com/

dholling13

I would also recommend having the controller within reach if you needed to adjust the sensitivity of the unit.