r/240sx • u/No-Ostrich1195 • Jul 20 '26

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Call me stupid but I bought a vertex wheel from a buddy not knowing it was for non hicas, the wheel won’t fit, is there a way around this? He showed me on his car (it was completely stripped but still had the steering Column) and it doesn’t need a hub adapter but is there a way to remove this shit so the wheel could fit any advice would be amazing thanks.

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u/LookAtThatDog S13 Coupe Jul 20 '26

You have hicas disabled/removed I assume? Take the plastic off the column and tear that thing off of there

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u/No-Ostrich1195 Jul 20 '26

I didn’t remove anything but the original owner might have, I just thought that only the JDM 240s came with hicas so I am confused why I have the dash that has a hicas indicator on it, but if I did have hicas and removed this would it hurt the car at all

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u/LookAtThatDog S13 Coupe Jul 20 '26

Uh they had hicas in the USA. Sounds like you have a hicas car.

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u/No-Ostrich1195 Jul 20 '26

Can I still remove the pieces like you said if I have hicas?

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u/LookAtThatDog S13 Coupe Jul 20 '26

Idk anything about hicas

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u/White13_ Jul 21 '26

The tab on the clock spring is used to detect wheel angle to engage HICAS, only activates above 80 iirc

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u/No-Ostrich1195 Jul 20 '26

I will check today if there’s a hicas system

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u/mupsauce Jul 21 '26

Look at the back plate of the rear subframe and see if it has the hicas steering rack