i did mine with heat and an eastwood roller, took my time, kept paint warm, no cracks, no issues went way better than was expecting

was my first time using a real roller.

only folded up the perpendicular lip in rear

 

do you have before/after shots? which part of NE are you from?

 

I would be interested in seeing this as I recently saw a fixture that makes it look easy. Where can you buy something like this?

 

I've done it on another car using the eastwood roller. Was pretty easy to do overall.

Eastwood Fender Roller | Fender Roller Tool | Auto Fender – Eastwood Fender Rollers

 

also, would like to see before/after photos to see the "damage" done to the car and if it would looke silly if it ever went back to stock wheels.

If rolling is done properly, the car will look 100% identical after the fact as it did before, unless your head is inside the wheel well. All it's doing is folding back the inside edge of the fender so it points up and not in (changing an existing L-shaped bend into a U-shaped one). The shape/position of the exterior sheetmetal is not changed in any way. So stock wheels will look exactly the same as the day it rolled off the assembly line.

What you're alluding to here is fender PULLING, where the actual shape of the outside of the fender is changed so that it sticks out farther than a stock fender. Depending on how far you go, that may look goofy if stock wheels are put back on without spacers.

 

for some reason I thought rolling includes pushing/folding the fender in not just the inside part of it that you can't see.

I'd like to see some photos...

 

Rolling is just folding up the inner lip of the fender. From the outside you should not see a difference unless the rolling distorted the fender. I haven't looked in the SS wheel wells, but after rolling you could have to deal with how the fender liners attach. Rolling is pretty easy DIY in my opinion. You are referring to pulling or reforming the fender. That's something I would leave to a body shop.

Here is a video from eastwood rolling the fender on a mustang.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYVnDQ0RPe0

 

thx, I think I'm getting a visual now and its not as horrible as I thought it was...must have googled the wrong thing earlier

 

Do our rear fenders have double thickness flanges?

The eastwood video says not to use it on those.

 

Dead blow hammer works good if you just need a slight adjustment.

 

Thread revival, instead of starting a new one. Any new tips/tricks to this? @utekineir maybe?

I finally attempted it but no matter how much pressure I put on the roller, I couldn't get the lip to start its roll. The part that I think is where the hitting is occurring, which is the upper rear area where the lip juts out slightly, rolled a little bit so I was hoping that was good. Went for a test drive and drove over the spot that always causes the scratch, but no go. Argggh. It seemed better, but still scratched enough to know it's still an issue. I'm paranoid to put more pressure on that roller but I guess I just gotta do it...

Things I have been doing, after reading and watching multiple videos:

1) Start at a lower angle to get the roll going, then increase angle.

2) Heat area to around 130ish degrees. I do that often to keep the area warm.

After all the many comments in other thread on how easy this is, I imagine I'm doing something wrong. Anything else? I'm gonna go outside and try the passenger side to see if that goes easier but if there was a place local that did this, I would've said f*% it by now.

 

Slow and steady + heat

Taking your time cannot be stressed enough.

Are you using the eastman(?) style roller?

 

Yessir, I have the Eastwood. It's cheap these days at just $89. I remember when it was $250+ when I needed one nearly 10 years ago.


I was definitely taking my time. How did you get it to finally start the roll? That's what my problem is. Once it starts, I think I'll be ok by gradually increasing the angle of the roller.