Changing your car's colour? Read this JPJ guide first

No matter the reason, repainting your car to a new colour is something we have to declare to the Road Transport Department (JPJ). So, what are the procedures to do so? JPJ released a convenient guide on their Facebook page to inform us what are the steps we have to take when changing our car colour.

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1. Repaint your car

No, you don’t have to get permission from JPJ to repaint your car. You can go ahead and repaint your car before heading to a JPJ office.

2. Head to a JPJ counter

Make the trip only after your new paint job is done and the car is sitting on your porch. Don’t go before the job is done.

3. If your car is more than one colour

JPJ understands that dual-tone paint jobs are all the rage. Even Proton and Perodua are offering cars with dual-tone paint jobs for the Proton X50 and Perodua Ativa. So, what colour should you declare when informing JPJ of the colour change?

The department explained that the colour that covers the most areas of the car’s exterior, or ‘dominant’ colour, should be listed. So, if your car body is red and the roof is black, the colour of your car is red.

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4. JPJ K8 form

The K8 form is for amending any information about a vehicle. In this case, you are amending the car colour. You can download the form and fill it up before you head to a JPJ counter to hand it over to a JPJ officer.

5. MySikap change

After handing in the form, the officer on duty will then make the information changes on the MySikap system.

6. You don’t have to pay for this

No, you don’t have to pay for amending any information about your car.

According to Section (12) APJ 1987, all owners who wish to change their car colours are required to issue a directional notice or PG1 to JPJ. Failure to do so will result in a fine for changing the car colour without informing the department.

It is important to keep the system updated in case of an accident, JPJ will be able to refer to the registered colour.