In front of the AE86, the body is equipped with "surrounding" and "tail", a pair of "HID" eye-catching headlights, black super alloy wheels, cool black glass and racing chair, and two dynamics at the rear. The exhaust pipe, and finally the "Tengyuan Tofu Shop" (from the movie "Initial D") stickers. This is an attractive car. However, this car is likely to have violated the Road Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulation. Even if the owner strictly follows the traffic rules to drive the car, the law enforcement department may stop the car and then force the owner to inspect the car and make a prosecution.
Many people may think that the modification of sports cars, engines, etc. is illegally modified; but it is also very slight to stick dark cellophane on the window, and install parts such as "surrounding", "tail" and wheels of different colors in the car body. May break the law. According to the information of the Hong Kong Police Force, 4,686 and 3,860 people were prosecuted for contravention of the Road Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations in January and September, respectively.
In Hong Kong, of course, some people want to increase the performance of their vehicles and change their cars in order to illegally race cars. However, many people have just modified them to suit the appearance of the drive.
Proper modification, doing more with less
In Hong Kong, the modification of cars is actually very common. SPEC-R is a professional car modification service center, and its guests are mostly young people. Lu Xiangrong, the person in charge of the center, said that only a small part of the guests were modified for the car, most of them to improve the driving quality. He also pointed out that car modification can be divided into five aspects: sound, performance, appearance, safety and handling.
The general public modified the car to strengthen the brakes, reduce the fuel consumption and improve the handling of the car. Common items such as strengthening the brake system, replacing the highly heat-resistant car skin, and high-performance tires. "If the modified parts fit well, you can do more with less; but if you don't match them properly, blindly add them, you will be rude."
However, Lu Xiangrong admits that modified cars can also endanger traffic safety in some cases. He said that some car owners installed some parts with unsafe specifications in the car, which may affect the stability and handling of the driving. It has certain influence on other road users, such as the more commonly modified "snake throat" in Hong Kong. Extraordinary dead throat) can create noise and harass others.