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Looks like I need to roll my front fenders. ...how?

Is this hard to do? Does the paint usually crack?

I have 16x7's up front w/ 205x55x16's and it appears they caught the lip of the fender.

no damage really yet to tire or fender paint and I'd like to keep it that way

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All of a sudden? Whtat changed?

205/55/16 is the stock size for an SC. Rather than roll the fenders, consider a lower profile tire. I run 225/45/16 and have a VERY low ride height. No rubs at all.
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Don't the 74-77 cars have narrower fenders than the stock SCs?

Some use a bat and some just pull. Lots of threads on this topic. Or you could just do as MikeZ has suggested.
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Is this hard to do?
No, an aluminum bat works better than a wooden one, do put some protection on it.


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Does the paint usually crack?
There is always that danger, heat the area first to minimize or better yet cut them off, w/ a saw or gind them off, leaving just a thin rib at the edge.

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Don't the 74-77 cars have narrower fenders than the stock SCs?
All '74-'89 use the same fenders, w/ minor bracketry changes. Some of the later cars had rolled lips from the factory.
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Rolled mine with a wooden bat at the track....didn't crack the paint at all.
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