Hi

 

I was talking to my brother about the HICAS system on the 300 im planning on getting the elimination kit from drifttworks but my brother mentioned that when he brought his it just had the fuse removed.

 

What is the pros and cons about doing it this way?

 

Cheers

Rich

Why are you getting rid of it?

mainly as ive never drove a car with it lol

 

if i dont like it then it would be good to know

I guess its up to the owner but I love mine its a great piece of kit and Nissan spent millions developing it so its staying on mine. But good luck with what ever you decide mate.

i might like it but im yet to drive it

 

i noticed on a previouse MOT it said the HICAS was not operating so it might be locked out already

Removing the fuse will disable the action of the Hicas, but if there is any play in the hicas arm bushes or the Hicas unit itself then the car can handle unpredictably. Worn hicas bushes are very common.

As above really, the cost of the hicas bushes from Nissan is about £80 that twice is £160 and the full elimation kit from driftworks is only £200 so its not surprising many delete it. Personally I don't like it, I don't like the way when I'm barrelling round a corner It make sit feel as if the car is about to slip out, it doesn't instill confidence in me driving fast, as its harder to judge where the limit of traction is, I also don't like the way that when the back end does go the hicas sort of corrects oversteer slightly this leads me to over correct the correction. Some of this is under experience by myself in driving my car fast, im much better at driving a car with leaf springs fast, as that what I learnt to drive like a hooligan in, so the zed can catch me out in how differently it drives. I haven't deleted my hicas yet, and I may not, I haven't decided yet(after 4 years) I think mayb ei need to have the track experience to see how I feel about hicas, as the z is too fast to push on a public road properly in any event.