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Well, you mentioned that maybe it's just filler there and I discounted that due to it being a new patch panel...however, I took a pick out and pushed it in at the spot the bumper was hitting...it went in about 1/2" when I fully expected to hit metal. So I dug and found a lot, to me anyway, a lot of filler in that area... I don't get it... Why would a new panel need that much filler there.. and why wouldn't the guy tell me.. Or, is that "normal"..? I guess I'm going to confront him about it, but me not know the workings of body work, I won't necessarily know if what he says is trustworthy..
Send the car to me in Wisconsin and I will do it right for you.

In all seriousness, he could have been trying to mold a style line with filler. Either way it wasn't done right. Cheap panels can make life more difficult but using filler in excess isn't the correct way to address the issue.