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Hey everybody, how's it going Today we're gonna be going over and showing you how to install the Redarc Tow-Pro Elite Trailer Brake Controller here on a 2022 Nissan Frontier. So the Tow-Pro Elite is probably one of the best trailer brake controllers on the market, if not the best. It's gonna be a perfect choice here for the Frontier. So all trailer brake controllers are going to control the brakes on your trailer, allow you to come to smooth, safe, and effective stops. But the real differentiating feature of the Redarc is that it's gonna not take up any space on your dash whatsoever. There's gonna be a small little control knob.
Normally with a standard traditional brake controller, there's gonna be a large clunky controller that we're gonna mount on there. That's gonna be taking up your leg space and that's also gonna require drilling into the dash here. Now with the Tow-Pro Elite here, we're actually gonna use an existing little switch panel. We're gonna drill a small hole in there but aside from that it's gonna have a very factory-like finish as you'll see. So not only does a Tow-Pro Elite have a nice low profile design, it also provides us with two different braking modes.
We have both proportional and user controlled. So proportional is gonna be most common in what we're gonna be using most frequently when we're towing out on the highway. And basically the proportional brake controller mode is gonna apply the brakes on our trailer, similar to that of how we're applying them in our vehicle here. So a good analogy I like to use for this is, let's say we're out on the highway. Somebody cuts in front of us.
We're really slamming on our brakes. Well, the controller is gonna sense the braking force in the vehicle and it's gonna apply that same force to the trailer. Now, similarly to, if we're just driving around town, coming to a slow stop at a stop light, the controller is gonna sense just a light braking force on the vehicle. And therefore it's only gonna apply a small amount of braking force to the trailer. Now, this is important because we don't wanna lock the brakes up on the trailer but we also don't want the trailer pushing us.
And the other mode is a little bit less common but it still has its place off road. And that's the user controlled mode. So the user controlled mode allows us to apply the brakes on our trailer without necessarily applying those on our vehicle, which granted that's not gonna be real beneficial, we're out on the highway. But again, those offroad situations, you're certainly gonna love that feature. So here is what our brake controller looks like installed on our vehicle here. And as you can see, the only thing that's visible is this very small control knob, which we actually installed into an existing empty switch panel here. Everything else is tucked away, hidden behind the dash here. So again, this really is gonna cut down on the clutter and it's also gonna help improve the look of your vehicle here. Nobody likes that bulky controller drilled into the bottom of their dash there. It just looks kind of tacky. This thing here looks completely factory. You wouldn't know otherwise unless you knew what it was. So our control knob does rotate right to left. And what this is doing is you're increasing or decreasing the gain being sent to the trailer brakes, which is basically controlling their power. Now if you're wondering where the manual override is, we're actually gonna engage the button by just pressing down and that's gonna activate our manual override. So very easy to use there. We get a nice little tactile feel as well which is nice for that feedback. So you really can't go wrong with the Tow-Pro Elite here when you're selecting a brake controller for your Frontier. If I owned one of these, this is hands down the controller I would choose. As we said earlier, this is probably one of the best options on the market. Again, due to that low profile install and due to how it operates, that two different modes there is really beneficial, both on and off road towing. But now that we've gone over the control a little bit, let's go ahead and jump into that installation so we can show you