r/phcars

As always tplex holyweek season 2025

Hi everyone! Seeking some help and recommendations for our Toyota Innova (Gray).

The Backstory:
Unfortunately, my mom and I bought "Thai copy" Rays wheels recently. It was an honest mistake—we didn't do enough research and we are both very inexperienced when it comes to the aftermarket scene. Since our stock 16s were already damaged, we rushed into buying these without realizing the safety risks of replicas for a heavy MPV.

Now we want to do it right and get a reliable, legitimate set of mags that won’t give us peace-of-mind issues on the road.

Specs & Preferences:
• Current Tires: Sailun Atrezzo 225/55R17 (We’ll be keeping these).
• Vehicle Color: Gray.
• Look: Looking for something with a "low profile" or clean aesthetic that complements the gray paint.
• Budget: Mid-range (Looking for "Bang for buck" but 100% authentic/durable).

Looking for:

1. Brand Recommendations: Which brands are known for being "Innova-tough" but still look stylish? (Thinking Rota, Konig, Advanti, etc.?)
2. Shop Recommendations: Where are the most trusted/legit sellers (preferably around Metro Manila or Laguna area)?
3. Style Advice: Which colors go best with a gray Innova? Bronze? Gunmetal? Matte Black?

Hoping to learn from your expertise so we don't make the same mistake twice. Thank you!

For all the drivers that are trying to save some gas money. 🙇‍♂️

Started as passion project, not really a mobile developer but ended creating one. Project started 4th week of January giving 30mins - 1 hour a day progress. Learned everything from scratch and forced to expedite the project because of the ongoing fuel crisis.

This is now what it looks like 1 month after going live.

It has massive support in some areas of the Philippines and is sustainable but it is struggling to retain users on areas that has no data yet 😞

Features ⛽:

✅ Crowdsourced prices

➡️Usually requires 2-3 exact same reports to be verified but for now in the early stage, disabled muna.

➡️Distance constraints: User can only update a fuel station's price when it is near to that area by approximately 3km. Some users take pictures and update the prices later when on when they are on full stop driving.

➡️Price guard, only accepts values near the current market price average per fuel type Price photo capture, works only on mobile app using ML kit as tesseract.js for browser seems insufficient.

✅ Dynamic station indicators

➡️Green: Prices were updated on the current week's fuel price adjustments

➡️Red: Prices were not updated after the week's price adjustments

➡️Gray: Stale, no fuel price info yet. No DOE prices as this creates user expectation when in reality, the actual fuel price is not close to the DOE's. P.S. Fuel stations can set their own fuel prices higher or lower than DOE's.

✅10 cheap fuel list

➡️Displays the top 10 cheapest fuel based on the filters of fuel type, distance, brand, and max price.

✅Route Planning

➡️Set a route and the app will display only stations near to that.

➡️Filters and sets the prices along your route in the "Cheap fuel list" Purple markers: Means that it is the cheapest fuel along your route.

✅Leaderboards

✅Fuel Expense Tracker

✅Vehicle Registration Board

✅And many more features to go around.

Just need some insights as a first time buyer. As the title suggests, planning on getting the Sealion 5 DM-i for our all around daily/family car. I am planning on using the company benefit of my sibling as a downpayment (around 800k) and the rest as a car loan, which I will be the one applying for.

Just wondering if this is okay sa banks and if they need to see muna the cheque for the benefit before approving the loan.

Income: 50k/month (average) with around 25k monthly expenses

Pang pre-wash and contact wash lang sana. Parang kahit isang timba lang pang luglog sa wash mitt, ayos na. Thanks po!

This is my perspective as a
First time EV owner/driver
Third Car
Coming from Diesel + Manual Tranny

Unit is 2026 Chevrolet Spark EUV
- Quick Specs: 75kw Electric Motor, 41.9kwh LFP battery, FWD, 50kw dc fast charging, 6.6kw AC Charging, 360km range

Actual Experience:

- Mahal mag charge sa labas - ₱35/ kwh (EVRO App);
- If mag ccharge sa labas, I always go with a DC charger para fast charging.
- 20% to 100% is just 38-42 mins. Usually noon time ako nakakacharge kasi; i don’t know if may effect na gabi mag charge (low temp);
- Ang bagal naman mag charge pag sa bahay. 20% to 100% took me 14 hours!
- Advertise range is not true rated; Actual Range ko is nasa 250kms lang with 20% remaining.
- Actual Range included nung idle times;
- Instant torque talaga. Di nabibitin pag nag oovertake sa expressway at pag may nagmamadaling truck/kotse sa likod. Usually pag iffloor ko yung pedal, naiiwan ang nasa likod, nagagalit ang sakay ko at malakas kumain sa battery 🤣
- This is not Telsa level unit esp software; tho i like ng ADAS, Adaptive Cruise Control and Intellibeam Lightning;
Ayos din yung passive entry; madetect lang susi naka andar na with AC :)
- Regenerative braking is legit! :) Tagaytay to Calax Sta Rosa, walang bawas sa battery plus dagdag 5km range pa.
- Aircon vent sa likod ang kulang, pero malamig naman, di mo lang mapapansin na may malamig na air kung hindi lakasan ang AC fan sa harap.
- Maganda ang ilaw! Night driving is comfortable - may glasses pa ako nyan. Di na need magpa retrofit ba
ng headlight
- IMO Much better alternative to: VF3 and Seagull;
- Good looking and head turner sa daan.
- Malawak at malalim kargahan sa likod
- Nasatisfy naman ako sa features! Di ko na need mag upgrade upgrade vs if VF3 kinuha ko.
- ORCR qnd Plate arrived 2 weeks from date of purchase.

Things to consider:
- If naka solar setup ka at may extra harvest, best value ang EV.
- If you go with Chevy Spark EUV, wala kasamang wall charger upon purchase. But its for the best kasi compatible to sa lahat na brand as long as type 2 port. Nag import na lang ako ng gusto kung charger - pending install pa
Dapat sa bahay lang mag charge pag di naman mag lolong drive. Mas matipid ng 50-60%.
- If long drive, go sa DC Fast Charging lagi. Saves waiting time. Go get ACMobility Credits - no expiry naman yun.
- Wag makipag away sa free charging, ipa ubaya mo na yan sa iba kasi premium brand ka naman 🤣 joke! Laging puno kasi sa area ko. Tapos tatagal pa mag si alisan.

Front bumper scratched by a rock. Currently looking at anzhal lz premium retouch paint

Kailan po pwede mag right turn papuntang SM North kapag nandito na intersection 😅

So first ko kasi dito na lugar. Kaya ask ko lang. pasensiya na 😅

Any yips na rin po during Mindanao Ave driving? Keep right?

Thank you 🙏

anyone know anything about this and how to use it? much appreciated thank you

Hello po, baka po may alam sa inyo kung paano magfile ng complaint po sa ganitong case? Naawa po kasi ako sa ginawa ng driver sa tatay ko. It happened kahapon po and I even sent too many emails sa different gmails ng LTO but hindi po sila nagrereply.

Rumekta po sila sa police station kahapon pero mas kinampihan po nila ‘yung babae na bumangga sa tatay ko dahil “hindi naman daw po siya namatay” at “galos lang daw po sa motor” ang nangyari.

To tell you honestly, hindi po nanghihingi ng pera for compensation ‘tong tatay ko po. Just a respect na sana hindi siya tumakbo, buti na lang po nahabol siya pero mukha po kasing gawain ng driver since siya pa po mismo ang humamon sa tatay ko at nagsabi na “magfile ka na lang ng report sa LTO”

Sign Remove ACMobility to Gateway