on fender rolling....
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on fender rolling....
yeah, i was just wondering with the baseball bat method of fender rolling, does it screw up the paint? has anyone done this? how hard is it to do? thanks...
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Rep Power: 343 yes it does screw up your paint. Honda doesn't use the most flexible paint in the world, its very brittle. I just did mine, all i did was used some touchup paint and it fixed it right up.
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Rep Power: 0 I saw my friend do it. He stuck a baseball bat under the fender while somebody drove forward and backward. It made the fenders flare out a little. It came out looking like if it was proffesionaly done. I wouldn't try it myself.
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Rep Power: 0 My 18's rubbed with the 3" drop that I had....so I had to roll my rear fenders.
If you look at your rear fenders, there's a lip that goes inward. If your car is dropped alot, and your camber is perfect, your tires may rub on this metal lip....which would destroy your tires. So.....you roll this lip up and create more room for the tire to tuck without rubbing. The "baseball bat" method is pretty simple. You can do it a few different ways. One way (the way I did it) is to jack the car up, slide the fat end of the baseball bat in the space between the top of the tire and the fender, and then lower the car slowly until the bat touches the fender lip and pushes it up. Then you roll the bat back and forth.....lower the car a bit more.....roll the bat......lower the car a little more....ok I think you get the point. You do this until you've curved that lip up enough so that the tire doesn't rub.
If you look at your rear fenders, there's a lip that goes inward. If your car is dropped alot, and your camber is perfect, your tires may rub on this metal lip....which would destroy your tires. So.....you roll this lip up and create more room for the tire to tuck without rubbing. The "baseball bat" method is pretty simple. You can do it a few different ways. One way (the way I did it) is to jack the car up, slide the fat end of the baseball bat in the space between the top of the tire and the fender, and then lower the car slowly until the bat touches the fender lip and pushes it up. Then you roll the bat back and forth.....lower the car a bit more.....roll the bat......lower the car a little more....ok I think you get the point. You do this until you've curved that lip up enough so that the tire doesn't rub.
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[hr]Originally posted by: AEMcivic
My 18's rubbed with the 3" drop that I had....so I had to roll my rear fenders.
If you look at your rear fenders, there's a lip that goes inward. If your car is dropped alot, and your camber is perfect, your tires may rub on this metal lip....which would destroy your tires. So.....you roll this lip up and create more room for the tire to tuck without rubbing. The "baseball bat" method is pretty simple. You can do it a few different ways. One way (the way I did it) is to jack the car up, slide the fat end of the baseball bat in the space between the top of the tire and the fender, and then lower the car slowly until the bat touches the fender lip and pushes it up. Then you roll the bat back and forth.....lower the car a bit more.....roll the bat......lower the car a little more....ok I think you get the point. You do this until you've curved that lip up enough so that the tire doesn't rub.[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: AEMcivic
My 18's rubbed with the 3" drop that I had....so I had to roll my rear fenders.
If you look at your rear fenders, there's a lip that goes inward. If your car is dropped alot, and your camber is perfect, your tires may rub on this metal lip....which would destroy your tires. So.....you roll this lip up and create more room for the tire to tuck without rubbing. The "baseball bat" method is pretty simple. You can do it a few different ways. One way (the way I did it) is to jack the car up, slide the fat end of the baseball bat in the space between the top of the tire and the fender, and then lower the car slowly until the bat touches the fender lip and pushes it up. Then you roll the bat back and forth.....lower the car a bit more.....roll the bat......lower the car a little more....ok I think you get the point. You do this until you've curved that lip up enough so that the tire doesn't rub.[hr]
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Rep Power: 0 I don't think the lip will ever be parallel with the fender, but a shop should be able to get it pretty damn close with a rolling tool. And even if they don't have a rolling tool, they should have the know how to roll your fender as much as possible without chipping or cracking any paint. This isn't really something to try yourself. I didn't have to roll my fenders that much, so I had one of my friends from the local performance shop help me out.
EDIT: Actually, you can get the lip parallel to the fender, but the paint would definitely crack enough to show on the outside edge. So you'd probably have to have it sanded down and repainted after you rolled em.
EDIT: Actually, you can get the lip parallel to the fender, but the paint would definitely crack enough to show on the outside edge. So you'd probably have to have it sanded down and repainted after you rolled em.
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[hr]Originally posted by: nytejade
Get a heat gun and heat the paint up real good before rolling to prevent paint chipping.
Have a good day.[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: nytejade
Get a heat gun and heat the paint up real good before rolling to prevent paint chipping.
Have a good day.[hr]
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Rep Power: 0 I dunno, it sounds like it could work. It all depends on the amount of rolling you do. If you're gonna roll it all the way, then the paint will definitely chip. I don't think heating it up will make our factory paint THAT much more flexible.[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]
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