The most annoying thing is when a stupid schmuck fail to reallign his/her/its headlight. Halogen lights, if are not properly alligned, will have teh same shitty effects like improperly allogned HIDs.

I think NST has some articles about HID and why the government should think twice before banning them.

i think maybe they want to hao lian.

BTW, i always very annoyed by white colour beams, what's that actually? is it HID? it's really very dangerous bcos it confused me i was on football pitch.

Most of Toyota and Myvi driver like to ON the fog light even in a clear night and crowded city. Why?

better withdraw their license!

HID are invented to save life!

met few selfish Vios and Myvi with those selfish blue light!

authorities should do something with these selfish people!

Issues fine to any abusive installers that may post hazard on the roads?

If JPJ wants to ban all HIDs then dont even import the parts into the country.

All sections should work concurrently not independently in avoiding confusion and dilemma to the public and consumers.

http://www.onemotoring.com.sg/publish/onemotoring…

How we wish JPJ could even be half as clear and concise about what is allowed and not allowed.

really nice and bright sight on night driving, but if we use HID don tune too high la, 12%-13% is ok alr,—-i mean for the lamp align—-, still acceptable wat?

further more, y don those moron jpj fine those highly align halogen lamp leh?

halogen also could cause blind ma.

stupid morons got abit of money wanna action. ppl driving s-class with proper xenons oso not action.

all becos of thos nimrod who didn't align then ban everyone.. wat a standard way of jpj to act

I've HIDs fitted onto my car but with proper alignment – I have to set lower than factory setting. On top of that, I've a custom-made aluminum glare shield installed to block unwanted glare. All these were done based on advice from both US-based forums and the local HID.com.my forum.

Come-on… stop all this Xenon/HID is bad for eyes crap! It is bad if the owner refuse or neglect to do proper alignment. I know many accessories shop don't do alignment because they are either too lazy or just don't have the proper tools. Only a narrow-minded fella will say without thinking or doing some research.

Any form of modding on a car requires some reading and research. Do it properly and everything is fine. Ignore it then u will suffer the consequences.

IMO, we need to TRIM a bunch of useless servants for not doing any research b4 enforcing the law.

I agree that there should be some control measures on aftermarket HID systems. Most countries have strict homolgation regulations on HID/Xenon systems. For example, Singapore requires an automated headlight leveling system for all vehicles equipped HID/Xenon headlights. And in the USA, a self-cleaning system is required in addition to that. Most manufacturers already comply to these requirements so if a brand offers Xenon as standard factory-fit then its almost certain that headlight levelling and probably headlight washers will be fitted as well (tight manufacturer procurement and assembly systems limit diversity to increase economies of scale and productivity).

The main issue here is the aftermarket fitment of HID/Xenon systems, including those fitted by official dealers who don't use manufacturer systems but source "local" ones.

I welcome the ban on aftermarket HIDs/Xenons. But I also think there should be consideration given to properly fitted aftermarket systems. That's a challenge. Well, writing out rules to this is rather easy. Its the enforcement of these rules that's the real challenge. Until we have a regulatory system similar to the British MoT for all vehicles, I'll stick to my approval for the ban of aftermarket HIDs/Xenons.

If anyone of you are JPJ staff here, pls pls pls do really setup/give idea to setup a "technical know-how" group to study the pros & cons of anything you may want to saman….not just by quoting blindly…..xenon light not good, blind ppl eyes & the list continue….by truth, it was all reserve fact….

1. the blind ppl eye's bulb was actually a normal halogen that gimic like a xenon bulb…(high wattage with color coated glass tube) that it….

2. there is another type of halogen bulb in market: it was a real halogen bulb but with a mixture of Xenon gas instead of conventional gases, thus create a more efficient halogen bulb (`15-20% more efficent than normal halogen) however, no fact suggested that this type of halogen will blind off road user…..

Anyway, it is not easy for JPJ to know what car model is original HID and what other car models are "self-fitting" HID kit.

For example, Civic 2.0 come with HID, but Civic 1.8 don't.

but notice most of them are factory fit…

Those retro fit HID are worst or same like others as well.

is the same…

you'll have the perception most of them are HID and are okay cause most of them are pretty new car..

It seems that they always never really try to understand the root cause of all the troubles yet come with such a nonsense and sweeping action ! Sigh…

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ganz said,

June 27, 2007 @ 5:00 pm

brakefader..

JPJ will conduct an oversea trip to all their officer to learn how to distinguish the HID

even a tinted problem still unsolved

even the problem of plate number that not according to the spec still widely happen

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It's good for them to conduct such a 'trip' to learn abroad but i doubt whether they come back home to be more reasonable, more acknowledgeable and more maturity, or it's just to be plain nothing…like always typical %"&("'&((…sigh

actually it doesn't cause any harm to anyone.

if JPJ wants to ban those lights , they should have also ban myvi and avanza having headlights.

those headlight are not properly align .

they hurt my eyes even more compare to HID .

HID are bright , but it is white/blue in color.

not like lousy conventional yellow color.

no life man, those who thinks that yellow colors are nice.

i think every car should be fitted with night vision, no one's gonna complaint anything.