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Originally Posted by AREA1320
Redline,
Did I pm you back or not?? I can't remember.
But since I feel that I have the most experience here about fender rolling I'll chime in with how I do it.
1st- clean the piss out of the fender, the fender lip and ANYTHING in there. I have seen people try to roll them with dirt shoved under the lip and eff it up beyond repair.
2nd- remove any and all rubber trim pieces. (toss them)
3rd- feel your fender lip. make sure its jsut an outer shell and isn't too thick. If its 2 pieces of sheetmetal or thicker than book of matches get out your cutoff wheel. Too thick and you wont roll it, you will just buckle the fender and will be calling the body shop next.
4th- HEAT IS YOUR DAMN FRIEND!!! Like Troll said. (didn't I do yours Troll?) get it hot. not omg my finger hurts hot... I mean HOT! Like the damn car is sitting outside all day baking. that hot. I can't remember the temp but its something around 110f
5th- go slowly starting from the middle out, left and right.
6th- its all in the angle of the dangle. The roller has a large amount of adjustments (mine has more :P) you want the roller to just hit the edge of the lip so you can start to form it upward. Then as it rolls (hence the name) you adjust it accordingly.
7th- WATCH YOUR FENDER AS YOU ROLL~!! if you hear a POP. well guess what, you pushed too far. What I look for is the fender to push in and out like leaning up against it would. Don't go too far. (this is where the heat comes in)
8th- HEAT, I can't stress this enough. Heat it fequently. The heat isn't for the paint as most people think...well kinda isn't.
It makes the metal softer and easier to bend. The paint will only stretch so far before it cracks.
9th- if you do crack the paint.. don't worry. just sand the edge down and shoot some primer and paint.
10th- enjoy with a beer.
REMEMBER, if you are not comfortable doing it... then DON'T TOUCH IT!!! We are cheap when it comes to doing it.
What most people do not do after they get them rolled is wash your wheel wells. If you leave dirt and shiit in there the fender WILL rot. Simple as that. keep em clean :P
Hope this helps
(I really should make a video of me fender rolling a car)
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Nice wirte-up and if I was in the states I would trust you to do it in a heartbeat! I just don't have the resources here in Germany to get it done for the kind of money I am looking at.
If you feel comfortable shipping it here I will keep you as an option and expedite with air shipping back and forth. See what it costs between you 2. Shipping will cost more than the use of the roller but it's ton cheaper than having someone do it here!