Car Users’ Aftermarket Behaviour in Klang Valley: A Special Focus on Auto Tinting
Zulhaidi MOHD JAWI1, Mohd Hafzi MD ISA1, 2, Mohd Syazwan SOLAH1, Aqbal Hafeez ARIFFIN1, Azhani ALI3

1 Crash Safety Engineering Unit, Vehicle Safety and Biomechanics Research Centre, Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS), Malaysia

2 ASEAN NCAP Operationalization Unit, Director-General Office, Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS), Malaysia

3 Behaviour Analysis and Valuation Unit, Road User Behavioural Change Research Centre, Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS), Malaysia

Page 33 – 39   |   Vol. 1, No. 1 (2016)   |    Available online on 1 September 2016

Abstract

This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of automotive tinting popularity among car users in Malaysia. While comfort (heat and glare) and security stand among the main reasons behind the popularity, there is however, some notable safety arguments about the automotive tinting. The prevailing regulation on auto tinting, which is dubbed as “outdated and unfair”, had caused public uproar about the permissible limit in terms of Visible Light Transmission (VLT). The results from the most recent survey on automotive consumerism are used in the discussion, together with two previous MIROS’ studies i.e. on weather issues and the auto tinting consultation report to the Ministry of Transport Malaysia (MOT). The highlights, among others, were about the aftermarket behavior among car users in Klang Valley. Out of 265 respondents, approximately 70% of them had done the tinting to their current (main) car with the declared mean and maximum cost of MYR 780.81 and MYR 4,000.00, respectively. Also, the result has supported that the auto tinting together with the tires are the most popular aftermarket items for modification and retrofitting among the car users.

Keywords

Auto tinting, Visible Light Transmission (VLT), aftermarket behavior, comfort

Acknowledgement

The recent study was supported by the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS), under the Vehicle Safety and Biomechanics Research Centre (VSB) Grant No. VS102077 (Identification of Car User’s Practices and Behaviour in a Proposed Conceptual Framework of Automotive Consumerism). The authors would also like to extend their sincerest gratitude to the VSB Director, Ir. Rasid Osman, and to the researchers and research assistants at MIROS for their valuable contributions during the entire research project and the writing of this report.

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