DIY - Cheap fender rolling(no bat!!)

[phrenetiK]

Rear fenders were the easiest. i made dremel cuts into the fender about every 2-3 inches. then hammered the pieces i cut up. after i was done i painted the inner lip that was now flush with plasti dip to prevent rust on the places i had cut and chipped the paint off with the hammer and dremel. you can't see the plasti dip but i didnt want to chance them rusting.

then on the fronts it is a little bit harder because it requires more care and precision. there is not really enough fender lip to cut with the dremel, so i just hammered them up and held the outside with my hand. one again, no paint cracking and it ended up working fine.

so 12 yr old paint, not a single crack in the paint. i recommend it to anyone brave enough with a dremel and hammer that doesn't feel like paying 80 bucks+.

this is where i got the idea.

[Meow]

A friend of mine used this way on his Mazda 3 Sedan worked out perfectly. But all my buddies that have 350z swear by the Phonebook method lol

[phrenetiK]

never heard of that one.

[Meow]

[I<3flippyheadlights]

Or just rent a tool from a local person and do it right?

[Meow]

This too ^ but people like other versions too.

[phrenetiK]

my friend just had the paint cracked on his 2010 370z by doing it "right" with an eastwood and heat gun at a shop where he paid 120 to a guy that has done hundreds of fender rolls. unfortunately things can go wrong even when you do it "right"

[I<3flippyheadlights]

I just rolled my fenders and man handled them. I only used a little bit of heat gun and got minor paint crack.... How did he mess it up?

[★ revlimiter ★]

I used a small sledge hammer and some ear protection. I sat inside the wheel well and just beat the fenders flat with my hand on the outside and hammer on the inside.

Easy. No cracks. Just really damn loud.

[friday]

The front fenders are almost too easy. You have to be real careful. The rears I had to get a sledge hammer and hit them hard as hell. From the outside the fender looks perfectly normal.

[Silver92B]

I think cutting the tabs will eventually lead to rust, unless you use some kind of primer and paint or some other method of protecting the bare metal from the elements. It seems that those fender rolling tools are pretty cool and all, but really, the baseball bat + heat gun or the hammer(s) + heat gun would work just as well.... I really want to do mine because I want to put 0 offset wheels on the car... I think those look really nice!

[Chops]

Mine got rolled for free, without me knowing it, AND without my approval...

[turbotyla]

This works good for a flat roll.

But if you do decide to pull later and use a roller it will cause problems.


Also I would use something other than plasti dip for the rust prevention. It will hold up for a while but not as good as an under coating/ por 15 style paint.


Good shit either way how I rolled my old na.

[Skinny]

I've used a body hammer with only a towl to protect the fenders and I've never had a chip on the three cars I've done it on. I also do the roll and pull drunk and they come out even every time. Eastwood fender roller is a champ though.