Parcel Shelf + 6x9's + ECU

[gatty]

hey guys,

Wel i cut the parcell shelf with angle grinder on battery side - fits good But now i see ECU etc is i the way on other side...can i move it too the left a few inches and re-drill/attach it there?

I don't think position would atter but thought i'd have to make sure

[paulr33]

thats the hicas computer. i guess its ok to move, i would avoid moving it if need be.

you know angle grinding your parcel shelf is a bad idea and makes the car unroadworthy?

its a structual part of the rear end / sides. 6" coax would have been a better choice for the parcel shelf, i find 6x9's are shit. just my opinion though.

check out what lines / cables run the hicas computer. not sure if its just electronic stuff ror hydraulic stuff too. if its just wires, then i guess its ok to move it

[gatty]

yeah, only wires - i didn't think my car had hicas...interesting

and yeah i knwo it's not suppose to be cut

[paulr33]

yeah its usually the hicas computer, looks like a small version of a car amp

sealed, silver casing with no labels or anything. do you have a hicas light on your dash?

check in your boot, right hand side, if you have hicas there is a removeable panel with a fluid bottle which takes brake fuild i think, and thats for the hicas controller unit thingy

[gatty]

hmm

i have a HIcas light in dash that lights up at startup with other lights...also it's a shiny silver thing mounted to parcel shelf and has no marking etc..

maybe i do have it

[paulr33]

yeah you have hicas. try and keep big magnets away from it

[gatty]

how far 'away' ?

my speaker magnet is probably 1-2 inches away on one side and 4-5 on the other....

from what i have read about HICAS it's not very 'good' or am i mistaken?

[paulr33]

its rear wheel steering above 80km/h

its designed for high speed cornering.

above 80km/h the rear wheels will turn the direction of the front wheel to 1 degree either side. its not like a turning circle, its only slight camber adjustment, the most it turns any one way is 1 degree left or right, so you'll hardly notice but at 80km/h it will help a large corner i guess

not a bad feature to have

2 inches shgould be ok, just dont put a 8" sub magnet next to it or anything big

[gatty]

naaa, i only got 6 x 9's there....

thanks for the help mate

[Talej]

if i was you id place the hicas computer as far away from the speaker magnet as posible if you really wanted you can chop and extend the wiring to the hicas computer you will have no probs with doing that as i have done it myself but if you do not know how to solder find a mate that does