Comments on: Cheap-Ass Tools: Eastwood’s $25 7-Piece Body & Fender Set

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:42:59 +0000

Yeah these look to be just about on par with the Harbor Freight ones.. only those are cheaper.. They are $21.99 currently, but I paid less than that on sale for mine. I’ve got a few dents and dings on my doors that I’m hoping to knock out next time I have the door panels out. For what I need them for, they are more than sufficient.

By: nrChris

nrChris — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:12:54 +0000

Again, a good score for the money. Not sure how much use it would receive in my shop–but I know that if I don’t have it I will need it. I think of it as a cheap insurance policy against bad karma–if I don’t have the right tool, surely I will need it. So shelling out $25 for insurance against Murphy’s Law is a good deal–this way I will probably not even need to do any body work on my daily driver.

Now, my wife’s car on the other hand….okay that was uncalled for.

By: eschoendorff

eschoendorff — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:41:52 +0000

For $25, I’d pull teh trigger. If I were planning to use them everyday, I’d probably get a nicer set by Martin.

By: Trevor D.

Trevor D. — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:19:26 +0000

I rarely ever use mine, but for the $13 they cost me when I found them on sale, they were totally worth it. Probably would have paid the current going price for them too.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:20:33 +0000

For what most people would get out of a set of hammers and dollys this set would do it for them. Once you beat on a few panels though a shrinking hammer seems like a thing to have. I have a cam action shrinker myself. Really, I couldn’t tell you within 10 hammers just how many hammers I have. Maybe 40? Not all of them are bodyworking hammers, but a few are.

As far as a tool category goes I think I am done aquiring hammers at this point.

By: Jeff T

Jeff T — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:35:14 +0000

Those hammers look alot like the inexpensive ones at Harbor Frieght. You know what I mean? It seems like most of the fiberglass ones at HF have the hard-rubber-plastic black handle and the yellow fiberglass stem. It looks like a lot of people source these probably from the same place.

I know, that doesn’t have a lot to do with the post, just rambling.