Identify the mystery box and win a PRIZE!!!

[Silver'sR33]

Ok, I lied about the prize but you'll have my admiration for your knowledge...

I'm wondering what the little beige coloured box slung underneath the big gray box is. It's on the right side of the boot. The big gray one would be the HICAS controller I think? So the little beige one would be...(fill in blank:))

Hoping it's A-LSD...I've never seen a "slip" light go on but I don't nail the car that hard around turns and only had it for two weeks. There are 15 lights in the dash and never seen any of them come on except the ones at startup etc. (so handbrake, HICAS, ABS, oil, overdrive, airbag, engine - don't think I've seen any others)

[Jay95R33]

My guess is it's a factory amp for the stereo. The R32's have an amp mounted there for their high end factory stereo stuff.

[Silver'sR33]

Aww...it's an R33 tho...factory amp - didn't want to hear that one lol.

[raz0r$harP.UK]

Is there a part number on it?

/edit: it could be ABS controller - my brother's 32 has ABS and HICAS and it's two boxes. I don't have ABS on my 33 and I just have the HICAS box.

[Silver'sR33]

Not that I could see, I couldn't get my head under there to see it very well....I may try and take it off later and see.

[Lukas]

My guess is it's a little beige coloured box slung underneath the big gray box. Do I win a prize?

[raz0r$harP.UK]

Q2: Do you have Active-LSD? It consists of two lights right in the middle of the tacho; "A-LSD" and "SLIP."

[Lukas]

Isn't it one of the HICAS relay solenoids? Or are they under the car... :confused:

[Silver'sR33]

Q2: Do you have Active-LSD? It consists of two lights right in the middle of the tacho; "A-LSD" and "SLIP."

Hmm no there's no lights in the tacho itself But it's an auto so the tacho is prolly different? There's two groupings of 5 lights each on either side of the dials, plus various other lights scattered around but most of the lights have never come on and when they're not on they're completely black I can't see what they are.

[Silver'sR33]

Well what made me wonder is in another post someone suggested that in the model code for R33 if the 18th letter (factory options) is 'C' (which mine is) that means it has ALSD and ABS. I haven't seen this confirmed anywhere else though or anywhere to decode it...it definitely has ABS anyway.

[Silver'sR33]

It also has a front and rear strut brace that appear factory (rear says "Skyline" on it, can see part of it in second pic) I read in another forum that this might have been standard to some specific models

[Col-GTSX]

I cant believe it not butter...

Its a hicas locker... 110%.... Have installed many of them over the years....

Usually made by tomei or hks....

[Silver'sR33]

ah ok well thanks

Maybe a dumb question...but why do ppl want to get rid of HICAS? isn't 4ws a good thing?

[Jay95R33]

The TOMEI HICAS locks are much smaller that that, and they are usually a small black plastic box, not metal. And I dare say that if it was a HKS one it'd be stamped with HKS all over it - you know how they love to stamp their stuff..

Have a look at the mounting brackets on the box, looks very factory to me.

J

[Silver'sR33]

EDIT: Just put the car into HICAS diagnostic mode and the HICAS works fine...rear wheels were doing their little turns etc

Hmm I dunno what HICAS feels like or if it's engaging...I do get a HICAS light when I start the car tho, would I still get that if the HICAS was disengaged?

[Silver'sR33]

Hey I just saw a thread in another forum where a R33 GTS4 owner is trying to work out what this same box is...and his GTS4 doesn't have HICAS, tho it does have ALSD. He only has this box, no larger (HICAS) box above it.

[Firefrog]

When I turn my key to "ON", but don't actually start the engine, I get all the lights on my dash lit up, maybe you could try this to look for them

[Silver'sR33]

Hey cool I'll try that...I think it only turns on a few if I do that tho, R34 might be different. I wanna see what the 10 or so lights that have never lit up are

[R33 Impul]

I have one of these in my line but I just figured it was the ECU for the auto

[Silver'sR33]

I just have to know....it's eating me up.

What intrigues me most is it appears some skylines have "mystery-boxes" and some don't - factory option? Or have some original/previous owners removed their mystery-boxes for some reason??

Someone's gotta know...it's probably something incredibly mundane