Yeah again, just pay to get it done. There's nothing worse than someone coming to me with completely mangled fenders after they attempted to do it themselves to save money. Maybe 10% of the people who try will be successful.

 

I agree, probably 3 out of 4 will screw this up due to in experience with metal working. But that is where I coach that 1 out of 4 who has the guts, jack handle, heat gun and a fender to bend.

Any DIY'er with heat gun can spread the heat from 10 o'clock to 2 o'clock arc along the lip.
If a DIY chooses this task he can heat the lip, heat the fender upward on the panel about 6" flowing the heat in to the painted metal to about 140 degF and save a warped fender/ cracked paint visit to the body shop.

DIY fender rolling is NOT an advanced task but because some DIY'ers do not use a heat gun and DO NOT spread the heat from the lip outward 6" on the entire sheet metal (outside) of the fender panel they create unbalanced metal stress in the panel. That means that simply part of the fender panel lip is cooler than an adjacent part of the panel before the roller bends the lip.

Again, DIY'ers it is most important to have the first bite of the bending tool well understood on the preheated fender panel and the rest of the folding will fall in to place behind the heat gun while it keeps all metal hot. This will produce results without defects.

 

NIce job!

 

Where were you when I started trying this? I'd have driven up to Roswell to get this coaching.

 

i usually use a metal pipe but the pvc pipe works too

 

Nice write up! Very helpful!

 

 

nicely done.
heat guns are pretty affordable, just saying lol.

 

Harbor freight, got mine for ten bucks

 

I rolled my rear fenders last weekend with an Eastwood roller and it wasn't that bad. My paint (and metal/car) are older (04) so I did have some slight cracking of the paint on the lip inside of the fenders. It was my first time rolling fenders and I might have been a little impatient. I feel like if you take your time and keep heat (but not to much heat) on the metal you would be fine. I just cleared over the slight cracks inside the fenders with some automotive clear coat and called it a day. Just be careful and above everything else, take your time.

 

looks kinda scary, but im sure itll work well. Just heat that fender and roll away!

 

poor paint. lucky its in the inside ahaha. I would be crying if the fender cracked!

 

How big would my wheels have to be before needing to roll the fenders (my first g) I'm thinking just the forged 19" ray's front the coupe my car(sedan with aero package) has the 18s that look the same but that bit bigger and I would like to lower the car about 2 inches give or take 1/4 to half an inch. last car had 275/30/20s on the rear 245/40/18s front and had no troubles but it was a mustang (had tien springs lowered the car aprox 1.75 inch) also how wide can I go with tires on those rims

 

will this method work on front fenders too?

 

Front fenders are already ROLLED