I ordered one over a week ago and was just told today that it's on backorder for the next couple months. A friend (body/paint guy) and I will be doing some custom fender modifications and need this tool asap.

Thanks!
Jon

 

pm'd you

 

You can use a baseball bat. What you do is, jack up the car enough so theres space for the fat side of the bat to get in there and push down on the handle and roll it.

another thing you can do is take a cut off tool and cut your fenders. thats what is done to my car. Cut them so theres like 5mm left on the lip

 

OP have you checked eBay? Check this...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/EASTW...motiveQ5fTools

I also saw a bunch of them on there located in Pottstown, PA, which is where Eastwood is located so you might be in the same backorder situation there, UNLESS they allocated a bunch of them for sale only thru eBay (i.e. took them out of available inventory) and then tell the general public that they are on backorder because there are none left.

Off topic, but what did you do to the remaining lip after cutting to prevent corrosion? I ended up rolling my fenders, but I was always curious about the ramifications of cutting.

 

Clearcoat from autozone or silver paint.

 

LOL @ baseball bat.

 

here ya go

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=98793

looks exactly the same to me except some color changes.

 

^ That's where I ordered mine. They are on backorder until August.

 

mine is rubbing like hell.. i was thinking about doing it with a pipe but im scared i'll **** up the paint. i need heating dryer too.

 

did you try ordering directly from Eastwood? Go to ebay and search Eastwood fender tool and you should find some listings directly from Eastwood.

 

You can also cut your springs for that "lowered look" everyone is talking about.

 

I have actually used a baseball bat on my STI. Worked really well, honestly what how Japanese people do it...JDM Style

 

I haven't, but I want to try and avoid paying $300 for something I'll use once.

 

I wish a baseball bat could do the job, but this isn't just a fender rolling operation. We're going to literally extend the rear fenders an inch to the sides.

I'll probably need the tool for a week or two during the process.

 

I heard doing that adds about 7whp.

 

Roll you fenders but you dont have fold them. If you fold them inwards, it will crack the paint. just roll it enough so its a perfect "V"

 

The Baseball bat method actually works extremely well and follow the same method and prep as the tool.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDTK9IjKIYU

 

Truth. I paid to have mine rolled, but the guy ended up just folding them which chipped large chunks of my paint off. Now every couple of months I go out there and clean and re-apply a few layers of touch-up paint just to keep it from rusting. Can't say I was too happy with that.

 

Well thats cuz you didnt bring your car to me. If you had done that, you wouldnt need paint here and there.