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I have decided to lock the hicas on my car though I was wondering if anyone has used, Tomei Hicas Lock or a Lock bar and which one is best?

Ive read alot on the bars but i have also read about steering problems afterwards..

At the moment im leaning to a JJR lockbar though Im very interested in the tomei one due to it is electrical also

any help would be greatly appreciated

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Hi mate, we have the lock bars for $99. Have sold countless bars and never recieved any complaints in regards to steering issues. If the bar is installed correctly and you have a rear wheel alignment afterwards there shouldn't be any problems.

Ryan

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I'd also recommend the ISC one, cheaper and does the job. Just recently purchased one and had it fitted with a multitiude of other things (like ISC coilovers) and all went well, bar something....

The steering issues I'm experiencing are NOT caused directly by the lock bar itself so in no way reflect the hardware. My power steering gets noticably heavier shortly after starting the car (requires driving it though, usually after about 400-500m down the road). The power steering is still functioning as you can stop the car and turn the wheel when stationary, but it's as though it though the car had reached a certain speed, say like when you're on the highway, and dumbs down power steering response (lots of cars do that these days, but I have NO IDEA if the R33 does). The one time I've taken not of speed when it got heavy, I was travelling just a tad over 40kph.

It does not go back to normal until you turn the car off then back on again.

This could be cause by many things, for example my steering rack was dropped for new rack mounts etc at the same time, so it could be that something isn't plugged in correctly there. It could be the ECU going into "oh shit" mode since as far as it knows the HICAS has all but destroyed itself due to sensors not responding with working signals etc...

Either way, even when the steering is heavier, the car handles much better than before. I am 99% sure that there is no damage being caused to the power steering as a result of this anomoly, and therefore don't have too much concern with having it sorted out. If anything, I like having more feedback through the steering wheel when cornering...lets me know what's going on re: understeer etc.

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