Anyone have their fenders(rear in my case) rolled or ground/cut? I'm worried about the paint cracking.

Also, anyone know of a good place in Chicago area?

thx!

 

Have them rolled by someone good i had a Porsche expert do mine and he had a Fancy tool to do it. No peeling or cracking.

 

wait till it gets really hot out and leave the car in the sun for a few hours then you dont have worry much about the paint cracking and u can roll them your self

 

That all "sounds great" but, I am nervous as hell, lol

I talked to one guy who does it and he said, exotics over 10years old, always have paint cracking issues??

 

a fellow came to my house to my turbo and that tool wouldnt fit over the hub. 5x130 bolt pattern is bigger than the eastwood roller can accomodate

 

^ Yes, you need to use a 5x100/112 to 130 adapter on it.

 

I had mine done and no cracking of the paint.

 

I have an appointment setup but again, these guys said they are not responsible for cracking. He said they do it all the time and the p-cars rarely crack.. I guess I'll see

 

that tool is what should be used. I have done several cars with the same eastwood tool.

1. Clean the area good and dry it

2. Slowly warm up the area with a heat gun (be careful not to get the area to hot but it should be slightly uncomfortable to touch) while slowly rolling the fender. The heat will prevent your paint from cracking. If you don't use enough heat and go to fast you risk the chance of cracking the paint.

You can you tube the use of the eastwood fender roller tool. It's not hard at all.

 

Thanks guys, I cancelled the appointment and just bought the Eastwood tool. I have the heatgun and a digital temp so, I'm good there. I will just have to make an adapter for the 130 pattern.

I will attempt it over the weekend and I'll try to do a write up on it. Hope all goes well

 

Did it myself with the same tool........worked fine

 

Steve, anything special? tips, tricks?

 

No just take you time and don't try and and rush the process. I hae done quite a few fender rolls. (First ones were not great) It just takes patience. You might see what a good shop that has done this b/4 would charge.

 

I would never roll a fender ever again. First time, I had a local shop roll the rear fenders on my s2000. The paint didn't crack but the panel had buckled. Hard to explain but the fender essentially was no longer smooth and had ridges on it. I asked the shop what happened and they said they have seen it before and can happen.

Second time, I got the eastwood fender roller and tried it myself on my lexus. Lets' just say I had to get it all redone professionally.

Ever since then, I have resorted to trimming my fenders and have done it two times on my other cars.

Edwin

 

Ok, I disconnected the shock and anti roll bar. I rolled one rear fender until I can jack the tire/rim all the way up and into the wheel well. It clears the lip by about 1 or 2mm.

Does anyone have a picture of their rolled fender lip? I just want to see if I am on track.

If so, I will write a DIY on it. I took pictures and so far, no paint cracking, buckling or anything funky.

On a side note, my car sits so low, I am now thinking that the rear shock is so close to the bump stop that I don't even think my wheel/tire extends up into the wheel well enough to even hit the lip??

I will have to measure the suspension travel, bump stop and the delta between the shock being extended and compressed to see. I placed a block of wood 4"x4" under the tire and lowered the car. the tire doesn't hit but, I am not sure if I am on the bumpstop or not.