The JPJ has announced that it is giving car owners 3 months until the end of July 2008 to remove non-compliant xenon lamps and dark tinting that does not comply with JPJ specifications from their cars.

During the 3 months leading up to the deadline, vehicles caught in violation will be issued a PG1 notice (Notis Larangan Penggunaan), but there will be no compound associated with the notice. To get this notice retracted, the car owner needs to comply with the directive. JPJ director Salim Parlan urges the public to report the number plates of "offending cars" to 03-88866412.

Road Transport Department enforcement director Salim Parlan says the ban will only affect cars retrofitted with HID kits, not cars that come with the system from factory. This is a bit hard to enforce as there are some cars that have two variants, one with HID and one without, how do you enforce this? The Civic 1.8 has normal halogen bulbs while the Civic 2.0 has HID bulbs, the same with the Nissan Latio and our very own Waja R3 MME Edition.

I believe that Xenon headlamps should not be banned, but only certain colour temperatures that pose a hazard to car's own driver should be banned. Some of the higher bluish colour temps can cause fatigue, plus they aren't particularly useful in the rain. Plus, proper alignment of the HID bulb to ensure the shine does not get into the way of other road users should be done.

Some HID users opt for the cheaper HID kits which only have the low beam, so they usually align it somewhere in the middle of low beam and high beam to make up for the lack of a high beam. You should get a proper Bi-Xenon system with both low and high beam, and align them appropriately.

Best is to retrofit a HID kit with a projector lense system into your reflector headlamps because projectors have been designed in such a way that the beam is cut off on the sides, making sure it only shines the path in front of you and does not get into the eyes of the drivers coming from the opposite direction.


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most of the people use the cheap HID. damm hate those cheap HID.

good.. now i can call and complain those cars that pissed me off..

ya loh
they use cheap HID hjuz bcoz wanna gaya2 only
if want gaya2 shud go for the proper HID
they juz make other drivers suffer from their cheap light

using BMW oem with shield... working fine wth nice beam....

the main problem is my headlight is old...i cant adjust the height any more...

but true enof, catch they stupid fella with poory fited HID. especially those 8k, 10k bulb even if its ori cos you cant really see the road cleary with those

I bet HID 4300K colour is not affected right? Cause im going to invest on that.

riiiiiiight...

its still a hid...

ill be camping @ garage sales sniping for them cheap 2nd hand hids. jaja

got checking still wan HID a~~
hahaha~~


bcoz of all ppl using cheap hiddy~~ now kena checking dy~~ @@

Im not gona put them on my headlight
Gon b on my foglight.
Highly doubt tht will be considered posing hazard to other road users as it shines low.
Dont think it produces as much nuisance as bein installed on a headlamp as well (referrin to cheap,beamin high ciplak hids).

i've halogen in my headlamp, and i'll continue to remain my HID on my fog lamp
just switch on my halogen as usual to avoid all this hassle

good, can print this article out and i'll show to JPJ/police when they stop me

This post has been edited by andyjyneo: Mar 31 2008, 10:41 AM

aiyaaaa.... kena buat tinted baru la plak nampaknya

i'll hunt for cheap HIDs for my fog light too
im looking for those OEM 3000K HID, still yellow, but much brighter

dam....i wanted to tint my rear window black tim

woahh.. time to look for 4350k bulbs..

but useless leh, cannot fix already

if they check on the tinting , i am really gonna be screwed .lol

same ere as well.. i've only managed to source the rear passenger doors to change back to clear ones...

as for the rear windscreen.. i'm just not gonna bother.. also gonna get screwed..

how bout if da window is original tinted~~~
also kena a~~@@