Many modern vehicles have Parking and Reversing Sensors and obviously they help save a lot of paint and panel damage. Usually their fitment does not cause any issues but sometimes the towball on some towbars will activate the sensors and cause the motorist considerable irritation. At Megatyre we know which vehicles sensors are towball sensitive and can recommend a removable tongue tow bar so … [Read more...]

Yesterday we fitted a towbar to this mint 4100 cc petrol 1996 Nissan Safari. As you can see, it is a very discrete installation with the towbar hidden behind the rear bumper. There is a tendency for some Towbar companies to delete older models but at Megatyre we have many towbars for vehicles as far back as 1985. Of course they are made to order for firm orders only. It's surprising how many … [Read more...]

Most newer European vehicles require a 13 pin socket adaptor when they are towing New Zealand trailers; Megatyre can supply these adaptors for $69.95 plus $5.00 postage, packaging and handling if required. This is usually a simple task but there are some instances where a trailers LED lights are incompatible with the vehicles electronic towbar wiring interface causing the trailers lights to flash … [Read more...]

A South Island towbar manufacturer phoned me earlier this week about one of their Dunedin customers who had complained about her towball  rusting; she had a towbar fitted back in April and had since moved to Auckland. Obviously the Dunedin towbar fitters could not help their customer so they asked me to remedy the fault on their behalf. The towball was pretty awful looking and we quickly replaced … [Read more...]