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Old May 12, 2008 | 11:03 AM
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I did a search and couldn't find anything. Can someone make a recomendation on a good shop in the Maryland Metro area that does fender rolling? I called one shop and they said $100 per fender. I saw threads where guys are getting $45 - $50 quotes. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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Old May 12, 2008 | 11:15 AM
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YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF IF:

YOU HAVE GOOD OFFSET WHEELS AND A COILOVERS. which most people have if they are even considering rolling fenders.

THIS IS HOW:
1. Jack up one side of car and remove wheel....disconnect coilover and push aside out of the way or completely remove coilover and that one side of car, whichever side you are doing first.

2. then reattach wheel with out coilover installed or ensure its pushed out of the way.

3. go buy the sunday news paper and place it on top of the tire with a bulk of it hanging over the sidewall of the tire.... dont get a weekday paper now...get a nice fat sunday paper...lol..

4. some say apply heat via heat gun.....in-order to help paint from chipping...yada, yada, yada...........ive never done this.

5. NEXT, very carefully...and i mean very carefully and SLOWLY lower the jack holding up that side of the car....once the wheel hits the ground the weight of the car will force the newspaper that is on top of the tire/wheel push up on the fender.....viola....fender rolled....

you need to be good with your jack...and i recommend a second jack as a back up so you dont go too low to fast...the other jack will catch the car from going to low....get it??

6. Jack car back up...remove sunday paper, remove wheel, reattach coilover and put wheel back on.....

- jason
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Old May 12, 2008 | 12:41 PM
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FunctionTuned can do it for you. They have the proper tools to do it.
If you msg Alberto he can do them for you if he is willing or you can rent his tool.
Theres a wheel shop in college park right next to Fresh Designs where Robbie works at that can cut the fenders for you if you want to go that route.
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Old May 12, 2008 | 12:45 PM
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100 per fender is WAYYYYY too much. I payed $79 for mine
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Old May 12, 2008 | 12:49 PM
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Baseball bat!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDTK9IjKIYU
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I have access to a fender roller from Tire Rack really easy to use if you have a heat gun.
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Old May 13, 2008 | 05:59 AM
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Hmmm... This idea seems good but no way I'm going to try it. Knowing my luck I will end up with a home made wide body Z.


Originally Posted by JasonZ-YA
YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF IF:

YOU HAVE GOOD OFFSET WHEELS AND A COILOVERS. which most people have if they are even considering rolling fenders.

THIS IS HOW:
1. Jack up one side of car and remove wheel....disconnect coilover and push aside out of the way or completely remove coilover and that one side of car, whichever side you are doing first.

2. then reattach wheel with out coilover installed or ensure its pushed out of the way.

3. go buy the sunday news paper and place it on top of the tire with a bulk of it hanging over the sidewall of the tire.... dont get a weekday paper now...get a nice fat sunday paper...lol..

4. some say apply heat via heat gun.....in-order to help paint from chipping...yada, yada, yada...........ive never done this.

5. NEXT, very carefully...and i mean very carefully and SLOWLY lower the jack holding up that side of the car....once the wheel hits the ground the weight of the car will force the newspaper that is on top of the tire/wheel push up on the fender.....viola....fender rolled....

you need to be good with your jack...and i recommend a second jack as a back up so you dont go too low to fast...the other jack will catch the car from going to low....get it??

6. Jack car back up...remove sunday paper, remove wheel, reattach coilover and put wheel back on.....

- jason
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Old May 13, 2008 | 06:02 AM
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I'm going to call Function and do a comparison to another suggestion I got yesterday. Thanks for the info!

Originally Posted by Gooey
FunctionTuned can do it for you. They have the proper tools to do it.
If you msg Alberto he can do them for you if he is willing or you can rent his tool.
Theres a wheel shop in college park right next to Fresh Designs where Robbie works at that can cut the fenders for you if you want to go that route.
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Old May 13, 2008 | 06:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Cheeko
Hmmm... This idea seems good but no way I'm going to try it. Knowing my luck I will end up with a home made wide body Z.
LOL.. that was my thought exactly. Knowing my luck, if I tried that I'd be the only Z in town with wavy fenders. LOL
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Yeeeeeeeeah... I'm gonna have to pass on this one completely! LoL. Thanks for the suggestion though.

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Thanks for all the replies Guys. Much appreciated.
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Old May 23, 2008 | 11:55 AM
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I know someone that does fender rolling (with the proper tool) for $50 fender. And depending how far you are from Tyson's Corner, he can come to you.
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Old May 25, 2008 | 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by ZRaven
I know someone that does fender rolling (with the proper tool) for $50 fender. And depending how far you are from Tyson's Corner, he can come to you.
Hey I PMed you. Hook it up...
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Old May 29, 2008 | 04:03 AM
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Yup, will have the guy call you.
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Old May 29, 2008 | 09:01 AM
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Talked to the guy. Coming to roll my car tomorrow. Thanks for passing my info. I'll let you know how it goes.
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I just did mine...myself..took about 1.5 hours..

PM ALBERTO, he has a roller, just slide him a little cash.
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Old May 30, 2008 | 09:10 AM
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Just finished rolling my fenders. 50 per side. The guy did an awesome job and he came to my neighborhood to do the work. He used a fender rolling tool... looked like a big **** roller skate wheel LoL. took less than an hour. PM me if anyone needs his info. Really cool guy BTW. Money well spent.
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Originally Posted by 4SHIZZIL
I just did mine...myself..took about 1.5 hours..

PM ALBERTO, he has a roller, just slide him a little cash.
Thanks for the info. I'm good now.
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Glad it went well for you Cheeko. If anyone else is interested, let me know.
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