How should i go about this? Can i do it without buying a fender rolling tool?

 

a BFH would work, or a baseball bat. but safest bet would be the proper tool.

 

i am interested in rolling my fenders too, say u use a baseball bat. u just put it between the fender and tire then just roll forward? where would you get the tool?

 

you can get the tool from the Eastwood company.

 

I did mine with a baseball bat.

 

how did they turn out? did it make the paint flake?

 

Im also interested how it came out? Maybe you can post up some pics and how you did it?, Im not worried about paint though, cause im getting it painted after i do this....

 

While simply usig the baseball is usually OK, I would suggest considering to cut the inner lip...little cutsever few inches, then using the baseball bat. That way, your not trying to roll the lip in 1 long piece, but rather in short sections.

 

Another tip: get a heat gun to get the paint on the lip nice and warm.

 

I used a hammer.....worked great

 

That's not rolling your fenders Thats "banging" your fenders

 

This thread is crackin' me up.

Baseball bat... hehe

I need pics to either make the image that much more hilarious that I have in my mind or make it so I can understand what the heck the process is.

 

I learned about the baseball bat trick on here

 

ohhhhh, thats how you do it, for some reason i was thinking that the baseball bat was slightly larger than the distance from the tire to the fender so you wedge it in then roll the car forward so it dragged the bat between the lire and fender, which rolled the inner fender in. lol

 

Well...sorta.

Put the bat in at an angle, pressing up on the lip. Have a friend "drive" , really just easing on/off the brake, and let the idle creep the car forward, him holding the pedal, but letting the car GENTLY move forward. It'll cause the bat to roll the inner lip up, if the person holding the bat keeps pressre right, holding the bat at the angle they need to push up on the lip.

I still think trimming the inside of the lip makes it easier, to move it in short sections, rather than in one long section.

 

YA, trim it into 1" sections, then roll it with the bat

 

trim it with sumthing like a sawsall? are you saying to make a cut every couple inches?

 

Yep. Maybe 1/4" deep? I haven't looked in a long time, so I forget exactly how tall that lip is.

Cut just enough, but not enough that you can see the cut from outside the car.

 

hmm well i will have to get to that sumtime soon.

 

actually...yeah...it is. Whatever it takes to roll the lip up bud. If you were any good with a body hammer...you would know exactly what I mean

 

FYI: I was tryn' to make a light hearted funny comment, I wasn't being serious!

 

I had mine done at a wheel/tire shop with a roller similar to those sold by Eastwood. Still flaked the paint on the lip, but Im having mine repainted eventually anyway.
If you're careful you'll get just as good a result with a baseball bat. Just don't try to do the entire job in one roll


Ken