Fender rolling

[rayray086]

For those who has had their fenders/guards rolled to accomodate bigger wheels, how much did you get yours done for and where?

[BL33SU]

80 for fronts at tempe

[Lukev85]

$90 at Ozzy tyres at liverpool

[rayray086]

Cheers guys :) UpGarage does it for $40/guard. I'll probably stick with them and get it done when their next shipment of wheels come in.

[peedman]

U can get the fender roller for like $130 from repco and give it a go urself! I'd chip in with u if u want :D

[BL33SU]

mates at work rolled their own cars with a chair leg or rolling thing that u use to flat out the pizza bases..

works aswell just need to heat it up and rolls easily..

they also lower their cars with angle grinders..

[BL33SU]

U can get the fender roller for like $130 from repco and give it a go urself! I'd chip in with u if u want :D


dat cheap?? u can start charging ppl cheaper then otha shops

[rayray086]

$130?! That's nuts. I was talking to the guy at UpGarage and he said he got his for $600.

But check this out: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2435165
I'd definitely be giving it a go if I knew how to weld :(

[Water Boy]

They also lower their cars with angle grinders..

Oh yeah... NOT n:

[peedman]

Yeah the good quality ones cost that much but the repco ones work well and can be used over and over again!!!

[WABIT]

Oh yeah... NOT n:

yea so.... whats wrong with that??? lol

http://xs220.xs.to/xs220/07403/P8311794.JPG (http://xs.to)

cant fit a packet of ciggarettes under the doorsill ;)

and dont even get me started on the catalytic converter........

wabit

[BL33SU]

haha nice job

have u got a exhaust yet? drill some holes in the stock :D

[WABIT]

yea full custom 2inch i cat and 1 deleted highflow muffler into a dump 2'' tip

wabit

[Water Boy]

yea so.... whats wrong with that??? lol

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/ (http://xs.to)

cant fit a packet of ciggarettes under the doorsill ;)

and dont even get me started on the catalytic converter........

wabit

I know we all do it at some stage :D Your cabby looks the goods Wabit :D

[evorobin]

Repco get theirs from trade quip for $149 I believe. They wanted to charge me $165 + $20 shipping...

[rayray086]

"They" as in trade quip?

[evorobin]

No Repco I just explained trades price is 149. We don't have one in SA and even if we did they are currently out of stock.

[alex g]

i made my own after a write up in the golf a few years ago

works well

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/10/streatch-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/10/alpine005-1.jpg

[rayray086]

i made my own after a write up in the golf a few years ago

works well

Nice! That's the one using the VW jack right? That's awesome stuff mate.

[Golf Houso]

Does some one have a picture of this? I'd like to see the effect. The fender rolling business...

[rayray086]

I'll take a pic soon. I'm currently cutting the rears, but the fronts were rolled nicely.

[fuzion]

to roll your guards using a proper guard roller will save you from cracking your paint, warping your guards and doing any unnecessary damage to your paint and guards in general.

you should have a heat gun to heat your paint up when you do this, use a proper g-roller when you do and heat the paint up then start rolling. then adjust and do the same steps again, and continue there until you have the rolled effect you want.

IF you have done it correctly you could almost pinch it properly and have not cracked any paint what so ever. If you haven't you will find flaking paint and cracks (is advised you sand it off and repaint it with same colour touchup paint by paintbrush or black paint if not visible on outter body)

(i've done enough, and yes have experience with it.... trust me! do it right!)

most wheel places will do it for $30-80ea guard these days, make sure they use a heat gun and not rushed but! :)

hope that sheds more light, and top effort who made their own!

[fuzion]

http://pressroom.eastwood.com/img/p16482.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2007/12/Fenderroller-2.jpg

http://www.evolutionmr.net/img/images/fender_rolling/fender_rolling_2.jpg

http://www.evolutionmr.net/img/images/fender_rolling/fender_rolling_5.jpg

[rayray086]

Thanks for that Pierre. Where did you get your fender roller? I recently gave VG Auto/KC Tools a visit and they actually have a fender roller there for $140!

[fuzion]

in the past have also worked at a wheel/tyre place ;) ehehe..

your best bet is to get it done somewhere as you will find yours laying around for god knows how long once you've used it! i sold mine ages ago! shouldnt of, however i didnt end up using it for ages too! :?

[Golf Houso]

You could do the arch well and just repaint it... thats not the difficult part. I'd go all out if I were you and make some serious spread on those arches, rather than have to worry about flaking paint and in the end you'll just be onsetting more work for yourself in the long run anyway.

Do it once, and do it right, I'd go all the way with the arches... :)

[Tazz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsNYDm3MMnk

:duh::duh::duh::duh::duh::duh:



Tazz

[rayray086]

The method I ended up using wasn't much better than that... I wouldn't do it to a newer car though.

[Jarred]

People do use that method, and well. it works.. at least you get a constant radius happening! ha!

[fuzion]

one of my friends does guard rolling, if anyone is interested let me know. (with a guard roller) about $30-50 per arch i think he charges..