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"Mikey, are you one of the other two in the pic there?"
Nope, I just poached the pic because I found it enlightening. Glenn is good people.
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11-22-2004, 04:53 PM
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If you use a bat or anything else to get more room, be aware that you can tweak the fender in places that you will be surprised by. To get a little more room, you can trim the flange a little, or hammer and dolly gently, or use the bat, or cut the rear fender brace and pull out a little...then re-weld. If you are trying for more than maybe 3/8" of extra room, most of these methods have consequenses...you may see a larger door gap, buckles in the surface of the body, shorter distance in the wheel opening front to back, cracked paint or bondo etc.
John www.ghiaspecialties.com
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I rolled mind a little different. I load some weight into the trunk to make the suspension set down. Take the bat or I like a piece of 1-1/2 inch pvc pipe. Place pipe on the tire where it meets the wheel well and roll the car forward. The pipe will follow the tire and roll itself. Just as it is ready to come out of the front of the wheel well, roll it backwards. By keeping the pipe pushed next to the wheel you can really work the wheel well. Roll back and forth until done. I have the store bought rolling tool. It is not any better than a bat. We keep a bat in the trailer at the track for clearancing tires.
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 I think they hire from mental institutions, because some of the things that come out of that mag are down right scary.A buddy of mine in highschool (major stonner), lived by that magazine. his mom would support it too, telling everyone that her son reads HRM, so he knows what he's doing. One time he ported and polished his water pump on his KTM motorcycle. That bike had an overheating problem that he blamed on everything else. I rolled my fenders with a baseball bat (wooden). I would recommend wood because its more forgiving than harder materials which will put higher stress points, possibly stretching the metal too much in one spot. Others have used metal to great luck, and i applod them. I would prefer wood.
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