What Is That Box Under Parcel Shelf?

[huddy]

dont have pics... but hoping someone knows what i'm on about... it's a metal box under the parcel shelf in ceffys. WHAT IS IT????

someone suggested Hicas related????

[works 510]

If you dont know something ceffy related, no one will

I always thought it was a speaker amp for the stock stereo system, i'll have a look tommorow

[konect]

Oh good one!

My new ceffy has this but my old one didn't...they were both HICAS equipped so not sure about that one :S

[BenA31]

My old R32 4 door had 2 boxes under the parcel shelf, one for the HICAS/Steering (steering was heavier when disconnected), and another which I believe was some speaker amp. My ceffy has neither so can't help sorry..

[daisu]

R32's have the HICAS computer under the parcel shelf, same with the speaker amp.

Cefiro's have the HICAS computer mounted above the ECU adjacent the glovebox, and the speaker amp is mounted under the parcel shelf.

[huddy]

awesome, cheers guys - in the bin it goes

[Lum]

Some questions about this.

It's an amplifier, but it's accepting an amplified signal already, ie the speaker output from your headunit which will typically be 22W RMS, however the rear speakers are only rated for 8W RMS. I haven't looked at the front ones.

Does it just drive the rear speakers or does it drive the front ones too. If it's just driving the rears then is it perhaps a high pass filter and the rears are just tweeters with the fronts being full range?

If it is actually an amplifier and drives all 4 speakers is there any way to trick it into accepting a line-level input as this will allow me to simplify my Car PC install dramatically as I'll just need to glue my USB soundcard to the amplifier and make up some leads rather than do a full amp+speakers installation.

[CeffyNSW]

Guys

I pulled one of those boxes out of a ceffy with ABS and assumed it was for the ABS as I have not seen it in any others.

Regards

[a31lunacy]

the box is the rear amp it drives only the rear speakers i removed mine and spliced and soldered the wires together because it stuffed up and i wasnt getting a signal to my rear speakers any more its useless most decks perform better than 80's junk any how

[huddy]

ok... so i removed 2 boxes today... (car did have hicas / abs etc..)

are they both amplifiers?????

one is a small one about 8cm x 3cm taken from under parcel shelf on drivers side moreso

the other is about A5 size... taken from just off centre moreso toward passender side from under parcel shelf.

they both for stereo???????????????

ta

[Lum]

the other is about A5 size... taken from just off centre moreso toward passender side from under parcel shelf.

My car only has one, and it's this one.

I don't have HICAS.

HTH.

[Ceffy_SA]

Mine doesnt have any... I feel left out lol

[DanShirts]

Is there a part number on it? If it does, fast is your friend.

[huddy]

I do have part numbers...

never used that FAST thing - can anyone help??

big box - 47850 71L00 (and has 9Y06 underneath)

small box - 1700 1 73L00 then A63-000 162 underneath then 9Y03 underneath

[a31lunacy]

one in the middle is the amp the small one well i don't know but if ya remove it and the car still runs and performs as usual then bin it

[bbe]

i have 3 unidentified boxes lol,,,

huge on on the passenger side bigger than computer silver with 2 looks

another in the middle ( the amp i think )

and 1 on drivers side much smaller with just 1 loom to it ?

anyone know what these are yet ?

[SirRacer]

whats the one in the drivers kickpanel?

[Lum]

whats the one in the drivers kickpanel?

I have that one too. Since I've never found any mention of it anywhere, my guess was it was the 4WD controller.

Is yours an RWD Cefiro, thus proving me wrong?

[SirRacer]

mines a poverty spec rb20e 89 model. automatic though so it could be to do with the auto trans????

[daisu]

Pretty sure the behind the drivers side kickpanel is for the auto gearbox.