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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 08:45 PM
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Rolling fender tool

Ive seen a few people asking about rolling fenders to fit bigger wheels/tires. Welp i found this nifty tool.. maybe it wil help someone out.

http://www.eastwood.com/jump.jsp?ite...rID=140&KICKER
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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 08:50 PM
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That's a pretty good tool. Unfortunatly $300 is alot of money for something when most people will just use a hammer
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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 09:03 PM
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Fender Rolling Machines are pretty nifty. My local club just split the cost of renting one (think it was around $15/person) and it does a beautiful job. Much better than the crappy hammer and guess method. Makes a perfect, even crease that sometimes looks cleaner than stock.
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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 11:25 PM
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You'd have to be doing that a LOT to justify spending that much cash. I need to get mine rolled whenever i get my 17X11 ZR1's installed (kinda need the money for tires and spacers - rearend rebuild was more important). Im just gonna go to a body shop, im sure it wont cost quite that much.. i hope...
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Old Apr 8, 2005 | 09:01 PM
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Just roll the car forward with a baseball bat between the tire and the fender like they did in the old days.
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Old Apr 8, 2005 | 09:09 PM
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hell yeah, the baseball bat trick works mint! I could do a better job faster with a bat than I could with that thing.
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Old Apr 8, 2005 | 11:17 PM
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Originally posted by SERPENT99
hell yeah, the baseball bat trick works mint! I could do a better job faster with a bat than I could with that thing.
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Old Apr 9, 2005 | 07:06 AM
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bat works fine unless you have paint you dont want to risk chipping
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Old Apr 9, 2005 | 07:12 AM
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the paint wont chip but the heavy bondo layers will
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Old Apr 9, 2005 | 01:25 PM
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If it's going to chip, it's going to chip. I can't see any particular method being better than any others in that case.
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