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Hi Guys,

How are we?? Firstly i need to know what is this HICAS stands for and what it actually do??? secondly, Just want to know about HICAS light ....... Since i changed my factory steering wheel to after market steering wheel, this HICAS light just truns ON whenever it likes but doesn't turn off unless i stop my car and start it after 1 or 2 hours.... if i start my car stright away, light comes ON straight away, and when the light is ON , the steering feels bit heavy........ i don't think that its because of aftermarket steering wheel and Boss Kit.......... Majority of skylines got aftermarket steering wheels............. So what you recommend guys???? any help will be highly appreciated.... thanks :worship:

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when you change the steering wheel you must use an aftermarket boss kit to make hicas work

hicas is rear wheel steering over 80km/h

its expecting sensors in the steering wheel to work out where you are turning

without those (no boss kit) it panics and throws an error

when you change the steering wheel you must use an aftermarket boss kit to make hicas work

hicas is rear wheel steering over 80km/h

its expecting sensors in the steering wheel to work out where you are turning

without those (no boss kit) it panics and throws an error

THANKS FOR YOUR REPLY MATE, BUT I ALREADY GOT AFTERMARKET BOSS KIT ............

hmm well is it the correct model or setup properly / aligned it?

given it only broke when you changed the steering wheel, id say it might not be correct or something?

have you got the old steeering wheel you can put back on to confirm it works again OK?

hicas is like a cock flovoured lolipop.... totally useless.

get a lock bar :)

Agree with Hamish. whilst I have no idea what a cock flavoured lolipop tastes like, i do recommend you replace the HICAS with a lock bar, this will remove the problem :cheers:

Lock bars are for people who can't drive a real car. rofl.gif

If a big steel bar was better than Hicas, Nissan would have fitted it from factory.

Real drivers feel the change during the corner and appreciate what it does for the handling. Other drivers whine that the car did something they weren't expecting and have a cry.

Lock bars are for people who can't drive a real car. rofl.gif

If a big steel bar was better than Hicas, Nissan would have fitted it from factory.

Real drivers feel the change during the corner and appreciate what it does for the handling. Other drivers whine that the car did something they weren't expecting and have a cry.

with only 229kw, i'm sure your 32 GTR is a real animal to handle with all that powahhh :rolleyes:

Lock bars are for people who can't drive a real car. rofl.gif

If a big steel bar was better than Hicas, Nissan would have fitted it from factory.

Real drivers feel the change during the corner and appreciate what it does for the handling. Other

drivers whine that the car did something they weren't expecting and have a cry.

Haha are u serious, hicas was put there to prevent oversteer and make the car more 'tame', ppl remove it causes its a crap idea, something for ppl who cant drive 'real' cars. Who wants there rear end moving around when they want predictable handling.

Remove it and your problem is solved, best cheap mod you can do.

Lock bars are for people who can't drive a real car. rofl.gif

If a big steel bar was better than Hicas, Nissan would have fitted it from factory.

Real drivers feel the change during the corner and appreciate what it does for the handling. Other drivers whine that the car did something they weren't expecting and have a cry.

lol, so every car in the world that doesn't have HICAS is not a real car? If HICAS was better than a big steel bar, Nissan wouldn't have ditched it themselves :)

It's good at what it's supposed to do...but many systems end up faulty, and there is nothing wrong with wanting to drive a car the way you expect it to. For the extra 10kg of dead weight, you're better off with a tube of lightweight steel and handling just like every other RWD car ever made.

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