When customizing your car, it is important to know what can and cannot be changed and which customizations add more value to the vehicle.
Nothing better than leaving a personal object with our face, right? When it comes to vehicles, it's no different. Customizing cars is an expensive and even risky hobby, but an equally pleasurable one. Many who wish to further explore this side of car customization tend to have doubts about how much this can affect the value of the vehicle or to what extent Brazilian legislation allows modifications. These are relevant questions that need to be considered in advance.
It is not forbidden to customize your car, but the CONTRAN (Conselho Nacional de Trânsito) imposes some limitations in this regard, and, if not respected, it may result in fines and points on the CNH (National Driver's License). Depending on the modification, the Detran (State Department of Transit) may also require the removal of the altered part, under the risk of apprehension of the vehicle. So, pay attention to the rules!
Are there limitations when customizing the vehicle?
There is no limitation for internal modifications, so you are free to customize as many times as you want. This includes changing the seats, steering wheel, shift knob, and anything else inside the vehicle. In this regard, the installation of stereos in the trunk also fits, but for this accessory, there is already a rule: the sound cannot exceed 104 decibels at a distance of half a meter from the car.
The rules start with external customizations. In general, any aesthetic modification is allowed; what you cannot do is make radical changes to the car, to the point of interfering with its functioning and, above all, with its safety. Add aerodynamic kits or change the color, headlights, wheels, glass and side frieze fit as aesthetic changes, then it's released.
Change of color and power of the car: additional precautions
Anyone who wants to improve the vehicle's performance can also tune the engine, but at most 10% above its original power (those who want something above that need to change cars). Brakes are one of the components that should not be changed under any circumstances, as well as any other that is directly linked to the operation of the car.
Even for aesthetic alterations, there are still some rules: to change the color of more than 50% of the vehicle, it is necessary to request authorization from the Detran; the installation of xenon headlights is prohibited (only allowed when it is original from the factory); the glasses can only receive film with an intensity of, at most, 75%, depending on its transparency.
It is worth remembering that every aesthetic alteration devalues the vehicle valueo, especially the more radical ones, such as lowering the suspension, changing the wheels, installing stereos, etc. To value, it is necessary to invest more in those that add features, such as alarms, air conditioning system, electric locks, leather seats and others.
