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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)

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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.

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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 :D 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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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

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