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Im wondering whats available and where to buy a hicas lock bar? If anyone knows any info. There a couple of cheap ones on ebay but not sure what the quality is like. the last thing i want is some cheap crappy thing that wont last and is not really safe.

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be careful of some of these ebay items, I heard a story of a cheap hicas bar giving way and lets just say the car is no more and this wasnt on a track either!!

not saying its all crap but maybe stick to trusted band names.

In my case, the stagea hicas rack was 425mm long and R33/r34 are 405mm long

I bought a R33/r34 hicas bar from Justjap.

Ended up putting it in the lathe to machine off welds around each end where the threaded inserts go in. Then pulled them out 10mm each and had them re tig welded. You can grind the welds as well on a bench grinder if no lathe.

be careful of some of these ebay items, I heard a story of a cheap hicas bar giving way and lets just say the car is no more and this wasnt on a track either!!

not saying its all crap but maybe stick to trusted band names.

Yeah mate, theres some dodjy ones getting round. I would only trust names that i know ie cusco, tomie

the last thing i want is some cheap arse piece of shit that might possibly kill me!!!

In my case, the stagea hicas rack was 425mm long and R33/r34 are 405mm long

I bought a R33/r34 hicas bar from Justjap.

Ended up putting it in the lathe to machine off welds around each end where the threaded inserts go in. Then pulled them out 10mm each and had them re tig welded. You can grind the welds as well on a bench grinder if no lathe.

Surely cusco do one, i might contact them and see if they do. They produce just about everything else!!!

As I suggested in Darrins thread a 300zxtt (z32) should be the correct length, we now have a measurement of a stagea hicas rack (thanks Darrin) who can measure a z32 rack? pretty sure it will be the same. (perhaps ring a supplier and ask them to measure a z32 lock bar?) To put a gtr diff into a stagea cradle you would need the 6 bolt axles from a z32tt as they are longer like a stagea rs4 (not 260rs) I think its a safe bet Nissan used the same cradle in both rs4 and z32. Sorry guy's thats the best I can offer as I went with the narrower cradle swap. I would rather have the stagea cradle personally but the z32 info came too late for me. Typical spend $$$'s then find an easier cheaper option that will achieve the same result. I have had to change wheels, coilovers, cradle bushes, hicas lockbar, hicas balljoints & rear swaybar to do this conversion, all could have been avoided DOH....end rant.

  • 3 years later...

Sorry to dig up a really old thread, but did anyone confirm wether the z32tt HICAS lock bar fits the c34?

I have been searching all over the net and I can't seem to find anything, If not I may go the route Darren went and cut and re-weld the tabs on a R chassis HICAS removal bar.

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