2012 Fuso Canter FE vs. Isuzu NKR (4HG1-T)

[basti08]

Any owners here with a Canter with FB body (made by Centro)? How does it stand up to the weather?


We have a 2011 L300 FB made by Metro trucks. The rear body is already showing manufacturing deficiencies this early - thin paint on roof (now spot surface rust), inside rust on the rear drip mould gutter, leaks from rear door, etc....


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basti, as for your FE71 aluminum van, is it the composite type or the regular flat sheets with visible rivets? Hope you can PM me who made it for you.

How's the performance and reliability so far ? Casa serviced or own maintenance?

Sa Royal Caloocan kami nag pagawa, it is because marami na kami transactions sa kanila before. I'll check with the price, hindi kasi ako nag asikaso nun. But knowing us sa office, sa pinakamura namin usually pinapatira. 2 days lang ginawa yun as I surely remember. I'll post pics of the aluminum van tomorrow when I get to the office.

Casa serviced so far, pero sa 10tkms, sa labas na to. OK naman performance. Like buying a brand new regular Jap car. Hassle-free.

[number001]

The company is finally getting Canter FE71. Php 1.1M net from 1.15M

Prices went up for 2014 models, by 30K bec. of a reverse camera.

Next challenge is making the rear body.

[ronw123w124]

The company is finally getting Canter FE71. Php 1.1M net from 1.15M

Prices went up for 2014 models, by 30K bec. of a reverse camera.

Next challenge is making the rear body.

Congrats on your new truck sir. Is it gonna be aluminum van? Yung mga binili namin dati na pinagawa sa casa pangit ang gawa, madaling bumigay. After that kami na nagpapagawa ng body outside of the casa, ang maganda gumawa ng body is Po Chuan, not sure kung sa Tondo ba yun o Navotas, mas mahal sya by mga 50% siguro kesa sa casa accredited body builder pero yung mga pinagawa namin sa kanila wala pang major repairs till now considering that its been almost 20 years. Yung mga Canter naman namin na kinuha ang body sa casa major repair na ang inabot even before it was 10 years old.

[crazy_boy]

Congrats on your new truck sir. Is it gonna be aluminum van? Yung mga binili namin dati na pinagawa sa casa pangit ang gawa, madaling bumigay. After that kami na nagpapagawa ng body outside of the casa, ang maganda gumawa ng body is Po Chuan, not sure kung sa Tondo ba yun o Navotas, mas mahal sya by mga 50% siguro kesa sa casa accredited body builder pero yung mga pinagawa namin sa kanila wala pang major repairs till now considering that its been almost 20 years. Yung mga Canter naman namin na kinuha ang body sa casa major repair na ang inabot even before it was 10 years old.

maganda nga Po Chuan. pero mahal pala doon hehe
Po Chuan Truck Body Builder Manila, Phillippines

Centro alam ko mahal talaga.

[number001]

Congrats on your new truck sir. Is it gonna be aluminum van? Yung mga binili namin dati na pinagawa sa casa pangit ang gawa, madaling bumigay. After that kami na nagpapagawa ng body outside of the casa, ang maganda gumawa ng body is Po Chuan, not sure kung sa Tondo ba yun o Navotas, mas mahal sya by mga 50% siguro kesa sa casa accredited body builder pero yung mga pinagawa namin sa kanila wala pang major repairs till now considering that its been almost 20 years. Yung mga Canter naman namin na kinuha ang body sa casa major repair na ang inabot even before it was 10 years old.

The company is quite wary of aluminum bodies.

The plan is to have Centro make the rear body out of G.I. Metal. Imagine an FB without the side windows and sturdier rear doors. Yes its very expensive. I think it could hit 200K. 170K if its an FB rear body.

The dealer will coordinate with Centro so there is also a markup involved.

[number001]

Congrats on your new truck sir. Is it gonna be aluminum van? Yung mga binili namin dati na pinagawa sa casa pangit ang gawa, madaling bumigay. After that kami na nagpapagawa ng body outside of the casa, ang maganda gumawa ng body is Po Chuan, not sure kung sa Tondo ba yun o Navotas, mas mahal sya by mga 50% siguro kesa sa casa accredited body builder pero yung mga pinagawa namin sa kanila wala pang major repairs till now considering that its been almost 20 years. Yung mga Canter naman namin na kinuha ang body sa casa major repair na ang inabot even before it was 10 years old.

Hi, thanks for this tip.

We had the rear body made by Po Chuan. Quality is apparent and they really know what they are doing. You also get to deal/coordinate directly with the owners and not sales people unlike in giant companies like Centro, Almazora, Metro Truck, etc with its complicated corporate structure. I think Po Chuan specializes in all kind of aluminum rear body - rivet and rivet-less.

Have not idea about the price of others but the company spent less 100K for the entire alu rear body from Po Chuan.

[ronw123w124]

Hi, thanks for this tip.

We had the rear body made by Po Chuan. Quality is apparent and they really know what they are doing. You also get to deal/coordinate directly with the owners and not sales people unlike in giant companies like Centro, Almazora, Metro Truck, etc with its complicated corporate structure. I think Po Chuan specializes in all kind of aluminum rear body - rivet and rivet-less.

Have not idea about the price of others but the company spent less 100K for the entire alu rear body from Po Chuan.

Nice to hear Sir that you're happy with Po Chuan. On another note, our company was able to purchase a slightly used Canter FE71 for 750k, problem is that the body is a stake body. But then ok rin naman since papaconvert din naman to aluminum van although we need to change the registration. Personally ok na rin sa tingin ko, you get a very fresh slightly used Canter FE71 for the price of a Sobida recon Isuzu Elf, san ka pa? Di ba ok na rin?

Our compny's plan now is to gradually replace the fleet of old Canter FE304 which has served the company well for the past 20 or so years with slightly used Canter FE71 or even the earlier model one as long as its fresh. Since we acquired the FE71 and also another 2008 Canter, 2 units of the old FE304 have been sold. There are still 4 units of the old Canters, siguro mga next year na yan mapapalitan.

[crazy_boy]

change body kailangan din ba update ng registration? didn't know that. mura na yung 750k.

[ronw123w124]

change body kailangan din ba update ng registration? didn't know that. mura na yung 750k.

Yup, moreso kasi delivery vehicle, lalong sitahin.

[number001]

change body kailangan din ba update ng registration? didn't know that. mura na yung 750k.

Yep, the body description in the CR must match whatever is actually on the cab chassis.

Actually the traffic enforcers were not so strict about this until about 2009-2010. For the longest time, our L300 delivery van had "FB Body" written in the CR. Its a real hassle to apply for change of status regarding the CR. One must go through stencil, PNP clearance at Crame, then wait for it to process at LTO, etc...