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Changed my mind about filler after a job in Boston
I used to swear by using the cheapest filler I could find on big jobs. Then I got a call to fix a fender on a 2016 Mustang in Boston last month. The customer had already been to two other shops and the filler was cracking all over. I grabbed some Rage Gold from the shelf after the guy at the parts counter talked me into it. Has anyone else had better luck with the expensive stuff holding up on modern plastic bumpers?
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tarajenkins3mo ago
Stick with me on this, but it reminds me of buying cheap socks versus good ones. You think you're saving money until you're walking around with holes in your heels three months later. Same deal with filler - that cheap stuff might look fine at first, but it hasn't been tested against real weather and road salt like the name brand stuff has. I've seen guys spend hours sanding down cheap filler that just wouldn't behave, when the expensive stuff would've been done in half the time. Your mileage may vary, but Boston winters have a way of exposing shortcuts.
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ninabutler3mo ago
Forty dollars for a tube of filler? I had no idea it got that bad out there in Boston winters. @tarajenkins your sock analogy really hits home though, I learned that lesson the hard way with cheap boots that fell apart after one season. Guess you really do pay for what you get with this stuff.
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tyler4923mo ago
Honestly same here @tarajenkins convinced me I was wrong about cheap filler.
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