Known suppliers of imitation car manufacturer branded filters & etc:
1. Cavite Carporium / JMC Alabang
2. GMD Auto Hub
3. JT Garage
4. AJA Trading
5. Nihon Automotives PH
6. H & K Car Repair Shop / HNK Auto Shop / DyAnna Car Parts
7. Emporium Here
8. Triple X Trading
9. EM Botique
10. Superman Auto Supply
11. Thrift Auto
12. REJ Online Shop
13. STINGRAY Cars
14. RQ1
15. Cabalen Auto Aircon
16. PH_Advance Autoshop
17. JCU Hanbai Trading
18. WC's Shop
19. Thrift Auto
20. Every Juans Shop / everyjuansautomotoshop
21. King Shop / Kingshop.ph
22. G SORIANO
23. Jazz Auto Supply
24. Kumbaya.SFB
Newly added imitation filters online sellers:
25. Joval OEM filters
26. VILLEGAS AUTO FILTERS
27. Nero Car Station
28. Lnk Car Rapair Shop
29. EVERYTHING KIA
30. Juliana's Kotse Abubots
31. ELF AUTO TRADING
32. Dafie Car Filter
33. Car Cycle Parts and Accessories Ph
34. J's Car Accessories
35. GPT - online store / GPT Auto Parts - known physical store in Binondo area
The companies on the list are either mostly shops from Lazada and some even have physical stores. Grabe ganyan na kadami, what if counting the wholesalers, physical stores, Facebook sellers, Shopee and etc... it's too much. Also people should stop buying these fake filters & etc... since 100% of them are smuggled goods which doesn't even pay a single peso of taxes & etc...
Bought my air filter fleetmax from chicosamscloset seller in shopee hope it is legit there is also other seller fedrealmogul also selling fleetmax.
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May mga fake ba na JS Asakashi?
Or ano bang mga brands ang wala pang fake?
Please be careful with #5 Nihon Automotives PH this shop is one of the worse, even the brake pads that they are selling are 100% fake, brake pads are a major part of the vehicle's safety pero Nihon Automotives think it's okay to risk the driver and passengers' lives, ang matindi pa is overpriced pa mga fake items niya.
Still verifying TIMITSU Auto Parts Center / Timitsu Baliwag Auto Parts(which is a branch of SEZAN Baliwag Auto Parts) since yung brake pads na binebenta niya looks sort of fishy and possibly filters then yung price niya malapit sa Mitsubishi & etc... genuine parts prices.
Photo of the fake brake pads is from Nihon Automotives PH.
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May way ba isumbong those sellers of fake items? At kanino pwede isumbong?
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Contact the legal department of the car manufacturers DTI or IPOL
DTI
https://www.dti.gov.ph/konsyumer/complaints/ - you can complain either send them an email or calling their landline number this is for consumers.
IPOL
IPOPHL, NCIPR to take on online counterfeiting, piracy | IPOPHL - this one more on the manufacturer/distributor's side
Very easy to determine yung product is fake by the authorities actually yung DTI, IPOL or FBI will just buy a sample of the product online. Easy for them to catch kasi Lazada and Shopee shipping label includes the exact address of the online seller.
Besides the consumer has the full right to complain to the authorities about being duped into buying fake goods. That's why you see warehouses being raided sa news and etc... because somebody or an end consumer gave a tip about it.
So many wrong with counterfeit items and japanabc has discussed the reasons. Substandard products which will harm our vehicles, smuggling so no taxes, then those selling/producing fake items will continuously profit from an illegal way.
Will send your list to a friend who works for toyota. Let’s see if something happens.
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Don't forget when people smuggle in fake goods it not only harms our vehicles and our lives, they also harm our economy as they harm the car manufacturers who are doing business in our country which in turn provides people good paying decent white collar jobs which in turn generates more income to our economy, those fake smugglers are not paying any taxes they just pay specific amount to a few number of people or "kakilala sa loob" or "kumpare/kumare" sa bureau of customs to release their cargo or containers without any records, papers nor any legal documents.
Which in turn only enriches the pockets of few individuals who engages in this corrupt practice, if the smugglers don't pay a single peso of duties and taxes then our country will have no budget to maintain our old infrastructures nor can we build new infrastructures projects. In the end the damage done by fake product smugglers end up damaging more than our vehicles and our safety they also more harm to our economy since these people who engage in selling fake products do not even employ decent paying jobs nor do they create one in the end the "Me first" or "Ako muna" attitude will just destroy the economy and further reduces the jobs that legit businesses can generate.
Malaking Domino effect sa bansa natin ang ginagawa ng mga ganyang type illegal of businesses, kaya we shouldn't support them or their products because they don't even give a single f*ck with what happens to us or our vehicles in the first place para lang kumita sila ng pera through the dirty way.
If something happens to us or our vehicles because of the fake products will those sellers compensate us for the damages or possibly loss of life.
Those sellers ng sub-standard fake rims or tires if people die would they even pay a single peso? Or will just continue to profit off poor individuals who will fall for their deceit?
There are a lot of accidents caused by fake parts, kaya nga meron na tayong kasabihan "Fake parts, breaks hearts."
Be wary of this shop, most of the items they are selling on their store are fakes and some are sub-standard generic no brand parts, I repeat all categories of the items in their shop are fake car manufacturer parts & generic no brand items.
36. PH_Advance Autoshop
Please be careful, even the complicated parts being sold by them are fake
Legit naman hobbies n stuff diba?
Ang mura lang yung filters and oil nila lalo yung toyota oil and filters... 2900 for 8 liters toyota FS oil + orig filter. By contrast, sa casa 2297 ang 4 liters ng FS oil sa casa.
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My brother bought an oil filter from hobbies and stuff and compared with the one he bought at honda magallanrs. Legit kaya?
I was also checking feedback naman on toyota airfilter. Nakakaduda din... Yung brand na nakasulat TOYOTY tapos cross out at sinulat kamay pinalitan yung last Y with an A
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Highly suspicious itong Honda oil filter,
1st I would like to point out yung writings ng left Honda oil filter that came from Hobbies n Stuff has a uglier printing ng Thai language compared sa Honda Magallanes na Honda genuine oil filter which has a smoother printing, highlighted in yellow.
Thai people will know how to print or write their language smoothly and corre especially using a machine, pero based on the photo sa stock ni Hobbies n Stuff it looks like the factory who printed the Thai letters isn't a domestic Thai factory, impossible na ganyan kapangit yung printing mould especially Mahle manufacturer pa, highlighted in yellow.
2nd thing I've noticed yung bypass valve ng galing sa casa Honda genuine filter has an opening at the bottom vs. Hobbies n Stuff na completely different manufacturing/production process ng bypass valve which is sealed sa bottom.
Yan yung 2 things napansin ko kaagad based on my observation.
Since both of the oil filters claimed to have come from Mahle Siam(Thailand) they shouldn't have major differences in production methods since they just come out from the same factory floor. Impossible na gagastos pa si Mahle ng another steel mould para sa iisang filter model para lang sa bypass valve and yung steel roller mould gamit sa pagprint sa oil filter na cannister spin on type, highlighted in yellow.
Naka kita na ako ng steel printing mould ng mga spin on oil filters they are used in the production line for each specific oil filter model, it's like a stamp made of steel na umiikot lang sa body ng oil filter during the marking process.
Highly suspicious yung Honda "genuine" oil filters ni Hobbies n Stuff, doon palang sa printing quality ng Thai language napansin ko din now pati yung Japanese writing on the filter sablay din compared mo with very smooth printing ng Honda oil filter galing sa Honda Magallanes.
Ingat lang kayo sa Honda genuine parts kasi last last year or 3-4 years ago Honda headquarters became strict sa Honda genuine parts meron silang strict company policy that all Honda genuine parts and maintenance are no longer allowed to be sold to resellers or aftermarket auto retailers, strict narin ang supply chain ni Honda and they don't allow Honda authorized dealers to sell the items to other vendors that are authorized by Honda, they'll heavily penalize authorized Honda parts dealers if nalaman na binebenta nila sa aftermarket yung Honda products.
Products that come from the same factory floor production line should not have too far differences, they use the same process, printing mould, machines and etc... to produce the products.
Mauunderstand ko pa if may minimal differences if isa galing sa Mahle Siam Thailand and isa galing sa Mahle Europe, Mahle China or etc...
Even this Japanese writing isn't smooth as a reputable parts manufacturer would produce.
The left side looks like it was copied from the original instructions ng oil filter then ginawan lang ng bagong steel printing mould by just copying the instructions without even using the correct font and correct calligraphy styles of both the Japanese and Thai language.
The product on the left looks like a reverse engineered product from China, daming incorrect details na halatang kinopya lang sa naked eye level. Kailangan mong bigyan ng pansin bago mo makikita yung mga mali sa details. Even yung spacing ng words and etc... ibang iba din.
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