Found euro 13-pin trailer connection

[troidus]

I'm wanting to set up my '04 LE for trailer brakes (specifically a surge brake lockout triggered from the back-up lights), so I've gone shopping for something other than the typical flat-4 trailer connector. I could have tied in a 7-blade RV connector, but that's huge and would require hacking into the wiring harness and wouldn't give me very many extra functions. I found a Euro-spec 13-pin connector that plugs directly in to the stock harness from ECS Electronics in the Netherlands (either model TO-100-DB or TO-100-DL, the difference being a dashboard tattletale if one of the trailer lights is out on the -DL variant), but the only vendor I've found who sells it who will ship to the U.S. wants 75 euros just for shipping. That's ridiculous for what is probably a 2-3 pound package. Has anyone else gone the 13-pin route for trailering and know of a vendor who doesn't charge so much for shipping? The harness itself is already 112.50 euros, so with shipping and exchange rate, it'd be over $250! That's a bit much. Thanks.

[troidus]

I went ahead and ordered the kit from towbar-europe.com. I'll be in Germany later this month, so I had the harness shipped to my MIL's house. That was only 6 euros, instead of 75. I had to pay GST at 19%, though, which I wouldn't have had to pay having it shipped to the U.S., but it still saved me over 50 euros. Once I get it, I'll take pictures of the harness connectors so we can all see the differences in the plugs between U.S. taillights and German ones.