Gary Knox

The 928 Owners Club officers recently authorized the purchase of Fender Rolling tools for loan to 928 Owners Club members. The tools, (primarily the Fender Rolling Tool purchased from Eastwood, the auto restoration company, but also including a heat gun and other tools) are available for only the cost of shipping to and from the 928 OC tool caretaker. A refundable deposit representing the cost of the tools and custom shipping box is required. The tool may be "borrowed" for up to 7 days without additional charges.

All information concerning the loan program, along with pictures of the tool, a procedure used by the tool caretaker, along with pictures of that successful fender rolling and flaring job are on the 928 OC web site; http://forums.928oc.org/vbulletin/sh...=7381#post7381

Purchase of just the Eastwood's tool runs in the range of $250. There are tool loaner programs that charge $60-90 plus shipping charges. A shop usually charges ~$50 per fender. So - this is an excellent program to use professional tools, while minimizing the cost of rolling your fenders (to accommodate wider wheels and tires or to use spacers on the hub). IF you are not already a member of 928 OC, and are planning to roll your fenders (remember, GT's and GTS's came from the factory with rolled fenders), now is the time to join the club and make use of this tool loaning program.

It should also be noted that the "stock" Eastwood (or other brand) fender roller DOES NOT work with Porsche hubs. Thus, a custom mounting plate was required for this tool. Ed Standke, producer of the "fail safe" water pump, of Perfex Manufacturing, Danbury CT produced this custom plate for the 928 OC at no charge. All of the OC members who use this tool are indebted to Ed for his assistance.

Gary Knox
928 OC charter member and current Treasurer/Fender Rolling Tool caretaker

heinrich

Abby Normal

NICE!!

77tony

Hi Gary, Very nice of you to put this together. Is there a line formed ? Just might be looking to use your new fender rolling tool on the 86.5 being delivered next week. 77Tony

hacker-pschorr

Awesome!! Good job guys.

martinss

This is a really great initiative. Thanks to all involved.

I've never rolled fenders before, so I'm curious about the purpose of the heat gun - I'm guessing to soften the paint?

Are 928OC members in Canada eligible?

brutus

The heat gun helps keep the paint from cracking flacking off but is no guarantee.

sturm

Can you really "flare" the fenders as they claim?? Has anyone done this?



'93rsa 3.8

Gary Knox

sturm,

Look at the pictures on the web site referenced in the original announcement above. You'll see the flare to the rear fenders adds about 1" to the tire clearance (needed that on my track car which has et 45 10" wheels with 295/30 tires).


Tony,

No line at present! You can make the deposit and I'll send the tool via FedEx. See the website for details.


Gary--

Jon B.

I'll be in on this soon as well. Thanks Gary.

928er

now I could go to 355's.... hmm

Ed Scherer

Thanks for getting this rolling, Gary.

I'd like to do this sometime, but I think I'll wait for a nice hot day next summer to keep the possibility of paint damage to a minimum.



Go for it, Sterling!

Hilton

Cool.. after the heads up, I just did a search and they can be bought new locally for $140 (cheaper than shipping the box to Oz and back).

I have some 18x11 rears to fit to my '89 which will require a little rolling

mark kibort

the wood baseball bat works even better, but it takes a little touch!

this allowed for 305s WITH a .5" spacer too! without it, it was a perfect fit. however, i wanted to actually race with the spacer, so , i had to go hog wild to make sure there was no fender contact up in the fender well, which you will have. so, i had to blow it out and will need body work. BUT, without the spacer, the bat rolls teh fender well , to the contour of the tire (305) and has NO rubbing or paint issues. whether it is just going for the lip to be pinned down, or making about 1" more room for a 305 tire, the bat works great.

Jeff928S4

Garth S rolled my fenders with a mini-baseball bat to accommodate 295's. Worked perfectly.

The bat is good because it has so many "settings" as it goes from thick to thin. With the mini-bat, you can actually use the fat end of the bat. Put that end up inside the wheel well and just keep pulling it down gradually to get more space if needed.

Just be patient and start with the thinnest part of the bat and roll the car back and forth a few times. It's cool, you can literally see the tire shape the fender as the bat rolls. Careful of that duckbill though!