Hicas Eliminator

[Tony de Wonderful]

Is it true that you need to use the Tomei eliminator kit or you end up with heavy steering at low speeds?

[boostn0199]

No, aslong as you dont remove the hicas computer it will be fine just put in a lockbar and unplug the hicas plugs and tape them up somewhere. All you will have is the hicas light on your dash constantly on.

[89CAL]

And thats easy to fix, its a 30min job to pull the dash out and remove the light. Did mine on Saturday

[RBceffy25]

Sorry to revive an old thread!

I have just removed all the hicas system from my cefiro. I plan to use one of the hicas eliminator kits available on the web and I plan to plug up the holes left in the steering rack with bolts and the leftover lines going to and from the power steering pump and reservoir will plumb into a power steering cooler. Will I have any problems in doing any of this? i.e heavy steering?

[turboedsloth]

Shouldn't do, no need to plug the lines in the rack though just pull out the solenoid/lines running to the back and plumb the front lines into a cooler.

I had this setup in my 32 and had no problems

[Tony de Wonderful]

Well I have done this now and it does make the power steering heavy all the time, so you lose the light feel at low speeds (under about about 60 kph I think it is).

Edited November 6, 2011 by Tony de Wonderful

[RBceffy25]

So this is what happened when you removed the whole system?????

[gotRICE?]

Well I have done this now and it does make the power steering heavy all the time, so you lose the light feel at low speeds (under about about 60 kph I think it is).

I think its in your head.

If you didnt remove the HICAS ecu, and only unplugged it then it wouldnt have changed anything in terms of low speed driving.

[Tony de Wonderful]

I think its in your head.

If you didnt remove the HICAS ecu, and only unplugged it then it wouldnt have changed anything in terms of low speed driving.

Yes but the HICAS sees a fault, because the rack is disconnected, so goes into fail mode, applying minimal power assist to the steering, and the light comes on too (I removed the bulb).

[gotRICE?]

Your not about an r32 are you?

It's odd my light was on for a year before I got around to removing the bulb after uniting the hicas and the steering feedback did bit change one but at low speeds.