Fender rolling

[garmo]

Guys,

I have seen about a billion posts regarding rolling your front fenders with a baseball bat. My feeble brain can't quite get a hold on just how you do it from the descriptions in the posts.

Can anyone tell a first grader to do this? I am also considering cutting my fenders, but would like to know the technique for rolling before I make a decision.

Sorry if I missed the post for children - there are just so many.

Many thanks,
Gary

[dzls rok]

i am about to try this myself. i understand how to do it, but not sure if i can explain it. i'll try...but im sure someone else can post some diy pics.
place bat in the gap between fender and tire. laying bat on tire, press down until it touches lip. roll car forward applying light pressure to bat. repeat as needed. dont try to bend the lip all at once. make several passes bending a little more each time. i hope this makes sense. i'll post pics when i actually do it.

[David]

I did this on my left front fender with the help a few Pelicans a few months ago. Things are a little fuzzy because the fender rolling was proceeded by significant beer consumption. As I recall, we used a piece of pipe with a lot of duct tape wrapped around it. We rolled the pipe from front to back several times to gently roll the lip up. We might have put some hand pressure on the top of the fender but I don't recall.

[porsche930dude]

I sort of tried it once without major success. The paint was chipping because i didnt heat it up. I got it bent a little bit and raised the suspention less than half a turn and no more rubbing

[carolinatrophy]

Originally Posted by porsche930dude

I sort of tried it once without major success. The paint was chipping because i didnt heat it up.

Yeah, I had the same issue on an old Alfa Romeo I used to have. I didn't heat up the paint and it chipped pretty badly and pretty completely. I haven't tried to roll a fender lip myself since.

[Nine17]

Have them cut. Old paint tends to crack and flake and then you've got BIG problems. My local Porsche-gnome charges 90 bucks. No drama.

[rnln]

On all the cars I have, I tried rolling twice without good result, didn't work at all. Cut once and it turn out nice. Tried to roll the third time on 911, paint crack everywhere even with heat (hair blower) and without good result either. When I say without good result, I mean the lip does roll completely. I finally use a small hammer to knock the lip upward. On paint crack, off course I spray it.

[Tim L]

I think these descriptions make it more complicated than it has to be. I just use the wood handle of a hammer, or any other object that will fit between the tire and the fender, and using the tire for leverage make small bends in the lip. Work your way front to back making many small bends to the lip. The key is take your time and make many many small bends. If the paint does crack it's on the under side of the fender out of sight, just use a little touch up paint.

[criv911]

Forget rollit's a pain in the a$$. Trot yourself down to home depot and buy a set of both left and right hand sheers made by wiss. green handle and red handle. You'll have those fenders trimmed in less time than it take to jack the car and remove the tire. The best part is that you can control what your doing, and it won't crack the paint.

[ddinham]

You might consider the tool from the Eastwood Company. A little expensive but maybe you could spread the investment among 2 or3 people.

Dana

[garmo]

Surfin kinda early this am Dana!

Have you or do you plan to roll your fenders?
Gary

[ddinham]

Look who's calling the kettle black!

Let me think about it. Until I decide on tires I don't want to do anything.

[porsche930dude]

Originally Posted by ddinham

You might consider the tool from the Eastwood Company. A little expensive but maybe you could spread the investment among 2 or3 people.

Dana

You mean this right ?

Just kidding garmo dont try that its not a jeep

[garmo]

Thanks for the comments guys. I'll consider options and let you all know what I end up doing.

[austin552]

Originally Posted by ddinham

You might consider the tool from the Eastwood Company. A little expensive but maybe you could spread the investment among 2 or3 people.

Dana

Wasn't a Pelican going to buy one and rent it out to us? We pay shipping and a small charge to help cover his cost. I would be intrested, anyone else?

[jmz]

Originally Posted by 125shifter

I did this on my left front fender with the help a few Pelicans a few months ago. Things are a little fuzzy because the fender rolling was proceeded by significant beer consumption. As I recall, we used a piece of pipe with a lot of duct tape wrapped around it. We rolled the pipe from front to back several times to gently roll the lip up. We might have put some hand pressure on the top of the fender but I don't recall.

Cheers Mate! Here's to Drunk Guys rolling fenders on 930s

[chris.817]

Maybe the missing part of the explanation is the "rolling". As others have said, with the car on the ground, place the bat between the fender and the tire starting toward the rear of the car. Use a bat because the gap is bigger in the back and gets very small toward the front You can use different areas of the bar to get the right thickness.

Have a friend roll the car forward. With the bat resting on the tire, it will roll the opposite way as the tire and not scrape the fender but "roll" along it. Work a few inches then back the car up. Each time you roll forward, go a little bit further, using gradually more or less of the bat. Obviously, pressure down on the bat applies pressure up on the fender lip. Take plenty of time. I probably spent an hour on each fender. No cracked paint.

I was actually forced to do mine after digging a tire into a lip at the track. I bent the lip pictured almost horizontally out for 2-3 inches and was able to coax it back, and under, with no visible damage.

I really works. Take your time. I wouldn't cut them.

[stevemfr]

Originally Posted by 125shifter

I did this on my left front fender with the help a few Pelicans a few months ago. Things are a little fuzzy because the fender rolling was proceeded by significant beer consumption. As I recall, we used a piece of pipe with a lot of duct tape wrapped around it. We rolled the pipe from front to back several times to gently roll the lip up. We might have put some hand pressure on the top of the fender but I don't recall.

especially the last line LOL

[scott.k]

hello, i have heard that there are hub adapters that are made that adapt 130mm to a smaller size, like 100mm. does anyone know where one can be bought from? i just bought a fender roller without knowing that it wouldnt fit

thanks
scott

[drcoastline]

I took my tires off. Put a few layers of duct tap on the face of a body hammer to soften the impact. I placed my hand on the outer surface of the fender as backing much as you would use a dolly and gave small blows to the lip directly opposite my hand. It took a few passes but the lip is perfectly flat to the inner surface.