The Fixer

Kid, I like your moxie, you're hired !

Petza914

FYI, for rolling the fenders, Eastwood recommends heating them to a temperature of 120 F. 200 seems too hot. Also, those pliers are designed to finish the job, not do the actual fender rolling, just to finish compressing the lip for a nice clean crease.

Gary Knox

Also, anyone wanting to roll the fenders - the 928 OC has an Eastwood fender roller that mounts to the hub. It's available for free loan to OC members (just pay shipping each way), and includes a heat gun and some other tools. Contact Ed Standke - 'Keeper of the Tools' to arrange to borrow it.

Rear fenders roll pretty easily. Fronts are harder, as the Aluminum is very rigid and at least one person has cracked the front fender in the process of trying to heat/roll that lip on an '89 S4.

mark kibort

UGGGGG!!!! baseball bat... wood.......... its the only way to do it right with no damage or duckbill. damn... wish I would have video taped how to do it. its so easy and so safe

Ad0911

I believe that completely, but I just fear the 300hp while I have the baseball between the wheel and the fender...ok, so I am probably what is known in the Netherlands as a "watje". I just like my hands too much to put them to the risk. And I don't do any freeclimbing either!

Tony

you can check for full travel clearance by backing one side of the car up on the curb (worked in front of my house) the side of the car on the curb will push the wheel quite a way up in the wheel well and pretty much give you full suspension travel.

The Fixer

We all pretty much have done it this way to our cars, I know i was doing it in the early '90s but to lesser marquees..

The original rear quarter shape without a rub strip to distract and with the rear wheels wide enough or spaced right looks great to my eyes.

So in the end i lost my nerve and decided against it thinking the quarter shape may end up looking funny after paint.

It would be nice to have a parts car to practice on and experiment with how much one could stretch them. (if you were repainting like i did)

77tony

Experimented with both the fender roller and baseball bat on the Just Peachy donor car. Bat worked much better than the fender roller IMHO. T

The Fixer

Tony,

If it isn't too much trouble could you take a few pics of your rear quarters
in the right light to show the reflection on them.

I'm guessing they are kicked out slightly?

mark kibort

omg ...... sacrilegious !
do not use either one of those tools! caveman fender rolling! uggg!

classic.. the video shows the guy destroying the fender with the "pliers".

Petza914

After catching a tire on a front fender lip in a turn with a mid-corner bump, I rolled my front fenders using the Eastwood fender roller tool. I wasn't trying to add any width, just getting the inner fender lip rolled up against the inner wall of the fender. Used a heat gun, kept it moving and it worked well. My rears are fiberglass because it's a Spyder do couldn't roll them. Still have the roller in a box somewhere in case I need it again.