I rolled and flared my front fenders... *pics*

[SLAMMED_C]

I rolled and flared my front fenders the other week.. I used a wooden baseball bat!! they didnt come out that bad.. but I will be re-flaring them again as I bought a fender roller.
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/2/web/266000-266999/266992_304_full.jpg
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[714guy]

looks good. are you going to do the rear?? do you have pics of the fender rollin tool?

[SLAMMED_C]

Originally posted by 714guy
looks good. are you going to do the rear?? do you have pics of the fender rollin tool?
Yes I will be doing the rear as well.. thats the main reason why I bought the fender roller.. I didnt want to use a baseball bat on the rear quarters!
This is the fender roller.. I havent gotten it yet.. probably next week I will have it.
http://www.eastwoodco.com/images/us//local/products/detail/p16482.jpg

[Pagz]

hey slammed...thats massive!!looks like it turned out great even with a bat lol....so next up will be filling the arches with a stagered setup??...

[Under Pressure]

Eeks. Thats not how its suppossed to look. Bad idea on the baseball bat bro. With the fender rolling tool, you get a nice, even roll. WIth the bat, you dont have control as much and your front fenders look overly flared in the front. Did you crack up the paint? You look like you bent the metal out way too far for paint not to have cracked!

For what its worth, I had my front fenders rolled with a fender rolling tool and it looked stock from the outside. Remember, its only suppossed to roll in the inner lip. YOu look like you flared your fenders more than anything.

[knvs]

what did u do? pull the lip from the inside? Looks like the paint is now scratched.

[Ashkan's C280]

I tend to agree, it looks at bit over done, using the tool should help

[jnenad16]

I hate to criticize, but that looks overly flared.

nenad

[J Irwan]

Originally posted by Under Pressure
Eeks. Thats not how its suppossed to look. Bad idea on the baseball bat bro. With the fender rolling tool, you get a nice, even roll. WIth the bat, you dont have control as much and your front fenders look overly flared in the front. Did you crack up the paint? You look like you bent the metal out way too far for paint not to have cracked!

For what its worth, I had my front fenders rolled with a fender rolling tool and it looked stock from the outside. Remember, its only suppossed to roll in the inner lip. YOu look like you flared your fenders more than anything.


I agree

Below are my close up picture of my rolled front fender lip (that's right even though I was already rolled from the factory I rolled it again to increase some clearance)

If you compare closely with a stock fender you might be able to tell if mine is rolled since on silver color it easier to see.
(it will look stock for untrained eyes, but side by side to stock fender you'd be able to tell for sure).

It is rolled using a fender roller.

http://onfinite.com/libraries/561704/b56.jpg

http://onfinite.com/libraries/561701/b56.jpg

http://onfinite.com/libraries/561702/album/540/405/b56.jpg

http://onfinite.com/libraries/561771/b56.jpg

http://onfinite.com/libraries/561777/b56.jpg


But nevertheless, I am still amazed at how much further the fender can be flared...



Regardz,

[Ashkan's C280]

but at what point will it stop looking good

[J Irwan]

Originally posted by Ashkan's C280
but at what point will it stop looking good


It will be depend on what are you trying to achieve

normally to achieve clearance you'd be doing it in steps/stages

First you rolled the fender lip completely. Then you try your fitting again.

If you still need more clearance work a little more to flare the edges of the fender (since at this point the lip already completley rolled). So the fender edges has to be pushed a lil further out...

Rolling the fender and flaring the edged of the fender is very easy to do, once you get use to the tools. Manipulating the angle of the roller (this is the top part (tip) of the whole tool) is the key to correctly rolling the fender lip or the flaring the fender a bit.

And with baseball bad this angle manipulation cannot be done.


Always doing it step and test and see what you achieve
After alll whatever you do in one side you better make sure you could duplicate to the other side otherwise the car will look silly if the fender not symetrical ;)

And I would always recommend the proper tool.


Regardz,

[Ashkan's C280]

what kind of rolling would it take to get the amount of tire size or more of what jeff has on his car

[J Irwan]

Originally posted by Ashkan's C280
what kind of rolling would it take to get the amount of tire size or more of what jeff has on his car


to my knowledge he has some custom fender flares on his front fender. (hence he can run 275 tires on the front).

And he rolled the back a little bit.
As far a rolling as I mentioned there are 2 things:

1. rolling the fender lips.
2. rolling the fender more (after #1 is done) to get more flare.


There is not explanation as what kind of rolling you would need.
You need to do it and see if you think you have enough.
Then again for starter what are you looking for in the first place.

If the answer is to clear the current rubbing issue (the fender lip rollling) might do. Otherwise if you need to run the wider tires , it will depend on how wide you want the tires and how much rolling would be needed.

The later one, on same cases cannot be done with just rolling, hence the need to get a wide fender flare.




Regardz,

[KenzBenz]

now you need a wider front bumper to go with that extreme flare because it looks weird in the 3rd pic, the lines of the car don't match well anymore. but man your crazy for flaring it out so much.

[SLAMMED_C]

Originally posted by KenzBenz
now you need a wider front bumper to go with that extreme flare because it looks weird in the 3rd pic, the lines of the car don't match well anymore. but man your crazy for flaring it out so much.
lol.. yeah I know.. its pretty crazy. but I had good reason to flare it out so much.
I got summons to court, the cop said my car was dangerous to be on the road (tire too close to fender)
so I rolled my fornt fenders.. then flared them out for clearance and changed to shim pad #3 up front (from #1's)
went to court, and it got thrown out of court casue I fixed the problem.
my car is still raised up on #3 pads.. I will be dropping it back down again to #1 next year when the good weather hits.. im just gonna leave it sitting high for the winter.
I will be getting a different front bumper too.. a Lumma front, to go with my wider fenders!
yes I flared them out major, and yes the paint cracked.. like crazy!!.. so I lightly sanded the edge of the fender and repainted them so they wouldnt rust.. I have plans for the fenders later.. so I dot really care what they look like right now.
I had reason to flare them out that much.. I didnt want my car taken off the road!! but they will look good when Im all doe.. I love the look of them.. they look crazy wide.. and when I drop my car back down to #1 pads again it will be perfect!

[c55m8o]

Originally posted by SLAMMED_C
lol.. yeah I know.. its pretty crazy. but I had good reason to flare it out so much.
I got summons to court, the cop said my car was dangerous to be on the road (tire too close to fender)
[snip] LOL ... frigg'n mounties ... surprised he could tell from that angle up on his horse... :D :D Nice work in progress there... I look forward to seeing the finished product.

[sanf]

ha, nice. at least you won't be rubbing for sure

[Pagz]

I will be getting a different front bumper too.. a Lumma front, to go with my wider fenders!

Yo...Yeh the lumma bumper makes a big impact on the width of the front...should suit the gaurds!
did you think about cutting the metal where the bumper meets the gaurd so you can flare that bit alittle also?...I'll have to dig up my mini grinder and do mine somtime!...