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Alright, so I have been lurking around these threads for awhile, been impressed and inspired by a lot of the builds on here. I will make this an introduction and a place to ask a few questions of the experts.
I have a 1998 B5 Passat Wagon, I call it the pASSat because when I picked it up it was VERY rough. Bought it for $2500 and then had to fix all of the things the previous owner broke or didn't fix. It did come with a lot of extra euro parts and I was able to sell those to finance some of the repairs.
Anyways, fast forward to now. I have the car running well, I daily drive it. In my garage was lurking a set of Allroad fenders and cromaman's build was basically what I wanted this car to look like from the start. So I have started measuring and attempting to apply them in a similar way. I have seen how most folks cut and modify fenders and I am ready to start modifying mine but I was wondering, because my car is not lowered a huge amount, instead of cutting and welding I could actually use a fender rolling tool to really stretch the metal up and under the fenders.
Could you create a smoothly rolled or flared rear lip with just a lot of persuasion and rolling? It does two things for me, gives me the ability to screw a fender liner extension onto it and it preserves the strength of the car.
I have a 1998 B5 Passat Wagon, I call it the pASSat because when I picked it up it was VERY rough. Bought it for $2500 and then had to fix all of the things the previous owner broke or didn't fix. It did come with a lot of extra euro parts and I was able to sell those to finance some of the repairs.
Anyways, fast forward to now. I have the car running well, I daily drive it. In my garage was lurking a set of Allroad fenders and cromaman's build was basically what I wanted this car to look like from the start. So I have started measuring and attempting to apply them in a similar way. I have seen how most folks cut and modify fenders and I am ready to start modifying mine but I was wondering, because my car is not lowered a huge amount, instead of cutting and welding I could actually use a fender rolling tool to really stretch the metal up and under the fenders.
Could you create a smoothly rolled or flared rear lip with just a lot of persuasion and rolling? It does two things for me, gives me the ability to screw a fender liner extension onto it and it preserves the strength of the car.
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