Hicas Lock Bars

[Smitizen]

Hey has anyone installed the Tomei Hicas lock bar????

Or what else have people done to bypass the Hicas short of ripping it out????

[R.3.2.G.T.R]

u can always buy one of these i guess.. not my ad btw

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...A:IT&ih=022

[Smitizen]

u can always buy one of these i guess.. not my ad btw

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...A:IT&ih=022

Wicked cheers mate.

Has anyone had this fitted and have any opinions on it's performance???

[Bullet32]

There was someone on these forums that was selling HICAS lock out / removal kits, not just lock bars - the whole kit to remove the HICAS... I cant remember who it was though... Does anyone know?

[GeeTR]

Rip it out

[Habler]

To my small knowledge Tomei do not make lock bars.. only the lock kit as posted on ebay.

So it's pretty much two shims to stop the hicas bar moving and a electrical box to trick the computer into thinking the hicas is still working to prevent hicas light coming on etc etc

Personally i went the "chuck the hicas out" method and put a lock bar in place (think i payed around $40 for it off here???) because i didnt want to pay $170 for the tomei one. Also got rid of useless weight (hicas is heavy) and just took the hicas globe out.....

Since you have an R33 replacing with a lock bar is easy and you dont have to worry about hydro lines like on a 32 where a tomei lock kit might be an easier option!

[RedDrifter]

Try the whiteline hicas lock bar ,comes with a hydrolic bypass fitting to make the removal a piece of cake.

I did the install in about 2 hrs. Just make sure you do the fitting up tight enough and you'll be laughing.

[tek_01]

+1 for the lock bar option.

$70 from someone here but can be found everywhere, installed in half hour and ripped globe out of dash simple

[tacker]

if your going to disable it you might as well get the benifit of the weight reduction about 25kg in total with all pipes etc removed

[RedDrifter]

if your going to disable it you might as well get the benifit of the weight reduction about 25kg in total with all pipes etc removed

Yeah true. I'll have that on the todo list for a later date.

[Habler]

Sorry guys but all this hydro talk is useless as he has a r33. Its electronic!

[ISC-Performance]

We sell the hicas lock bars for $99.

Ryan

[FATAZZ]

NV NO1 (look below in my sig) sold me mine for $85 delivered bout 6months ago.

since then i think ive seen them down around the $60 mark.

Remember you'll need a 4wheel alignment straight after.

[m0rt]

Remember you'll need a 4wheel alignment straight after.

I just threw one in my 33, went for a quick drive round the block and she seems to be crabbing a bit, is the wheel alignment gonna fix this up??

[Cubes]

I did the SK method using a length of hose 2 hose clamps and a hack saw. Very easy and works well.

[Sheng]

sorry to hijack,

im looking for one to fit on my R34 GTT, is it to install as it isnt mechanical?

[R338OY]

My 2c is if you're stopping HICAS, chuck the whole thing out.

On a side note, I like HICAS.

Is it really that bad for anything other than drifting guys?

[bumble_bee]

cant u just unplug the harness on the hicas motor on the r33's?

and just remove the fuse in the rear of the boot, so the light doesnt appear? -> if there is a fuse/relay..lol ????????

so why sell lock bar for 33, wen people can simple just unplug the harness to turn-it off?????

[some_cs_student]

cant u just unplug the harness on the hicas motor on the r33's?

and just remove the fuse in the rear of the boot, so the light doesnt appear? -> if there is a fuse/relay..lol ????????

Isn't the lock bar to make sure it never moves....?

Anyway, I'm looking at HICAS lock bars, there's a lot of talk about ripping it all out but I'm pretty sure that relates to the R32 (or does it?)

Cheapest I've found so far is:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Nissan-Skyline-R33-...bayphotohosting

If anyone knows where to get it cheaper that would be great, all the R33 bars look identical to me.

[subie]

when u put the lockbar on how did u guys do with the hydrolic lines? block it or loop it?

I wanna loop it so there dont have any pressure in the line.. now my question, how and where to loop the lines?

Cheers