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Hey HICAS buddays, with all the HICAS lock bars out in the market today, is there really a difference in brands and price you pay?

Would a $169 JJR lock bar

http://www.justjap.com/store/product.php?productid=16560

really be better than a cheapo $85 no brand lock bar from EBay?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/HICAS-Lock-Bar-Niss...=item45f3d944f9

Thanks.

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same shit really.

the other options are the cusco type, which is very different, and the tomei lock kit that uses shims on the hicas unit instead of removing it, and also uses an electronic box to fool the hicas ecu into behaving itself.

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Edited by Munkyb0y

just dont buy an aluminium one lol

i had one in my skid car over in J-land and it ended up looking like a banana.

anything steel will be fine, but remember they are illegal. if u want a legal solution (not legal but not pickable by inspectors) buy some hicas lock washers, or better yet measure what u need, and buy some washers the right size from ur hardware. the best legal option is to go non-hicas subframe completely.

just dont buy an aluminium one lol

i had one in my skid car over in J-land and it ended up looking like a banana.

anything steel will be fine, but remember they are illegal. if u want a legal solution (not legal but not pickable by inspectors) buy some hicas lock washers, or better yet measure what u need, and buy some washers the right size from ur hardware. the best legal option is to go non-hicas subframe completely.

I got knocked back for one over here, then emailed 3 independant suspension shops, and they all said the steel bars are safer then the HICAS system, i printed the emails out, took them in with me and it got passed.

Just paint it matt black, hide or remove the old wiring and cross fingers.

I got knocked back for one over here, then emailed 3 independant suspension shops, and they all said the steel bars are safer then the HICAS system, i printed the emails out, took them in with me and it got passed.

Just paint it matt black, hide or remove the old wiring and cross fingers.

lol, cant imagine it working here in sa

lol, cant imagine it working here in sa

Yeah i was surprised to, i think mainly because i live in a town where the imports are out numbered 100-1 by the V8's so the bloke probably had NFI any way.

I had a full on argument with him trying to explain that the tint was IN the glass to.

yeh this is an email i got back from an engineer regarding an engineer's certificate for HICAS lock bar (only legal way to do it in SA)

For the HICAS issue, I know that replacing the set up with a rigid system is done from time to time. I put it in the same category as any significant steering alteration.

Were there to be a crash and steering response blamed, Nissan would say “That’s why we fitted HICAS”.

I feel that a lane change test should be done to verify the new performance.

If nothing else needs be addressed, say $165 to hire the test facility and say $770 testing and reporting.

so the main issue there was the argument that regardless of how safe the "lock" was, not having the HICAS working was the issue. which is ridiculous seeing as some come out from factory without HICAS. i figured the best way to visually demonstrate this was to put a subframe from a non-hicas model into my car haha

my solution which allowed me to keep the stock adjustable toe rods:

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Alright this is more confusing than i thought.

So basically what i read from your replies are:

- Don't go with aluminium bars

- All the brands do same shizz assuming same material

- The Cusco/Driftworks type is lighter than the bar type

- Removing HICAS will disable the adjustment of your toe rods

- Illegal (don't really care as i can get it engineered)

Edited by TyresBro
Alright this is more confusing than i thought.

So basically what i read from your replies are:

- Don't go with aluminium bars

- All the brands do same shizz assuming same material

- The Cusco/Driftworks type is lighter than the bar type

- Removing HICAS will disable the adjustment of your toe rods

- Illegal (don't really care as i can get it engineered)

it wont disable the adjustment of toe rods, only if u go a non-hicas subframe and use stock non-hicas toe arms.

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