Rolling fenders with a magazine????

[Lux]

So, this has got to be the only place that I have heard of people rolling fenders with a magazine.

How the hell is it done?

I got my fronts rolled and my inside lips of the bumpers cut but I need some work on the rear and I cant cut back there so I figured I would give this a shot. Its only about 4 inches of lip that needs to be cleaned up. Since my rear door makes up 50% of the fender itself that is rolled from the factory.

[OMG TSX]

lol wut?

never heard of that

[Effin' Euro]

i assume it's relatively similar to a newspaper pull :)

[Lux]

Well, gee thats informative!:rofl

[Average_Jerk]

hmmm, never heard of that

[Ryyy]

I've heard of guys put tons of newspaper on the corner of their tire and slamming the car down off the jack and it pulls the fender. Not sure if I trust it, and your car has to be real low to begin with.

Only info I can find on it. (Thread (http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/944-turbo-and-turbo-s-forum/477848-how-to-roll-a-fender-like-a-champ-kinda-2.html) on rennlist.com)

[Bimmerteck]

I just used my fender roller. You could even buy a used one and later sell it for exactly what you paid then you would only be out shipping.


Erik

[Lux]

I just used my fender roller. You could even buy a used one and later sell it for exactly what you paid then you would only be out shipping.


Erik

I just used a thick piece of PVC for the fronts but with the way my fenders are shaped they didnt roll against the back side of the fender completely but its clear from rubbing.

Now, the rear is different cause of how its two pieces tacked together.

Would be nice to roll them all the way against but man rollers are expensive.

I guess I could keep it and just roll peoples fenders. Most places I been to want 50 a fender!

Just cant see myself doing it.

[Byron]

Where are you located?

[Lux]

Lewes Delaware.

[Tuck&Poke]

Newspaper pull wont roll your fenders, i mean, it may depending on how thick the metal is and how flush you are but you should use a fender roller for that. Anyway, the way its done is you jack up the car, the ride height needs to be set so that the fender will sit on the tire, either by lowering the coils or removing the spring or strut. Place paper over the tire (if it has a spine make sure its outside the fender or away from touching any metal). The paper should be thicker than what you want to pull since the metal will bend back slightly once the car is lifted again. Heat the fender with a heat gun, the hotter the easier, just don't burn the paint. Slam the car down on the tire by releasing the jack, jump in the trunk, whatever. Repeat a few times till it doesn't pull anymore, then add paper and repeat if necessary.

[hinrichs]

i have a roller which i used on my rears but since they are the 2 piece of metal type like yours i am having such a hard time getting it to roll anymore and i really need to get it done asap i just dont want to pay a shop to do it if i dont have to

[Lux]

All that? Thats a lot! For all the trouble just use a damn pipe!

A kid on you tube jacked his car up so the wheel rolled freely and then he just used lots of pressure on the pipe to start some momentum to get the wheel rotating that way the wheel forced the pipe along. This way he could do it by himself with out someone driving the car forwards and backwards.
i have a roller which i used on my rears but since they are the 2 piece of metal type like yours i am having such a hard time getting it to roll anymore and i really need to get it done asap i just dont want to pay a shop to do it if i dont have to
I just said the hell with it and used some PVC, didnt have a metal pipe laying around. I jacked the car up, stuck the PVC in place and slowly lowered the car till it was hard to roll the PVC along. Then I forced it along. That did the trick. Of course I heated it this time.

Not as far as I would like but I think its gunna clear. If a roller aint doing it I dont know if this way will either. You should have more control over it easier with a roller. Maybe just add more heat?

[Tuck&Poke]

i have a roller which i used on my rears but since they are the 2 piece of metal type like yours i am having such a hard time getting it to roll anymore and i really need to get it done asap i just dont want to pay a shop to do it if i dont have to

e46 fenders are damn near impossible without having them cut

[Charlie.S]

e46 fenders are damn near impossible without having them cut

yep. i cut mine. still a bitch to do but it looks real good.

[Lux]

Yea, but everywhere I read suggests rolling over cutting with fenders like that cause you could cut open a cavity leaving the inside walls exposed to oxidation and other bad stuff..

[Tuck&Poke]

this is true, you can seal it back up though, some people put silicone.

On the e46 the lip of the fender is quite thick, but you don't have to cut it all the way to the edge of the fender, if you leave a small lip it wont split and you can then roll that flat.

[SeeClass]

Roll then cut......

This is how I rolled my fenders..

You can roll your fenders with a jack, heat gun, and a hammer. You don't actually use the hammer to hammer in the lip, you'll use the wooden handle. You jack up the car to make the wooden handle of the hammer fit between the tire and the fender. Get a heat gun and warm up your fender. Bend in the lip and do it in stages, it's best to start from the center of the fender. Go half way once and then bend the lip all the way in...

Here are some pictures of what it looks like. I didn't use a heat gun because the car is going to get painted anyways. As you can see my lip is totally flat.

Bad picture but you get the idea..
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/9337/dscn33261925768.jpg

[Anonymoose]

e46 fenders are damn near impossible without having them cut

e46's are only hard to roll coz of the sealer, did you not remove it? :rofl Other than that they are pretty similar to most other arches, a little thicker but not much...

Skateboard truck and wheel is where it's at for pull/rolling, I've used most techniques except for the proper rollers coz I'm too cheap :) and it's the one imho

[firelizard]

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[Lux]

Damn. Is this the same Firelizard from VSC?

I got the silver Lincoln LS I was trying to do up VIP inspired. Talk to you a few times on VSC.


Anyway, I think for shits and giggles Im gunna try this out today. Got the day off and I need to do more work now that I got my adapters so..... why not huh?

[Anonymoose]

if you roll guards with something that isn't even and smooth what will your guards end up like? :o