i took my car to get the camber adjusted and the guy told me my car is way to low that the only way he can fix my camber is if i roll my fenders, how much does this cost and where do i get it done. will it change the apperence of the car if i do this, i dont want my car ****ed up. so can u guys give me info on rolling fenders
thanks

 

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Local body shop should do it for $200 or less. Its very easy to do, just takes about 1.5 hours if you really take your time. If you cant find anybody I'll rent you my tool. If you do a search under my name in this forum I posted pics of mine and info on it

 

my understanding of rolling fenders is to put a wood baseball bat between top of tire and inner top wheel well lip

starting with a less aggresive roll use the thin end by the handle

pull car fowrad and back till you basically bend the inner wheel well in

i am getting the idea that this is a common practice on this forum

IMO i would not bend my $30,000 car to make a set of $2000 wheels not rub

and rolling your fenders i can't see how it can help your negative or positive camber issue i assume if your low than you have a negative camber issue


a camber adjustment kit seems to be a better way

the camber kit if available for z's would allow for more adjustment in lowered cars

if your rubbing when you go over bumps and it is cutting the side wall of your tire than rolling would help to reduce tire side wall slice


this is my understanding of rolling a fender

 

^^You couldnt be more wrong. Most guys use professional tools to roll the fender, only the ghetto ones use the old bat technique. Rolling would allow more clearance for the positive camber that his alignment guy will hopefully be dialing in soon. When running aftermarket wheels with agressive offsets, you may reach a point where to keep the wheels you need to keep the camber negative or you get an alignment and make clearance by rolling/cutting the fender and keep the wheels...

 

350zspl is right, rolling your fenders has nothing to do with camber. Its only to keep the fenders from rubbing the tires. If he meant he has to roll them after he corrects the camber cuz they will rub, I'll believe that.

The bat method is ok if you're patient. Its not ideal, but it works. I did it on the front fenders of my civic, but I cut the lips off the rear fenders. Only thing with cutting them, if you don't cut them enough and they still happen to touch...you could potentially slice your tires with the sharp edge cutting them leaves.

The tool Bert mentioned is ideal. Only took me 30-45 minutes when I rolled my buddy's fenders. $200 is too much IMO. Find the tool and DIY.

 

thanks guys, he says if he corrects my camber my tire will rub

 

Of course thats what he meant $200 was on the high side from a body shop...I had it done for $100 and bought the tool afterwords and done a few fenders since.

 

i have rolled plenty of fenders

on my 71-76 impala's i did not mind as they are $4000 cars

but roll a fender on a $30,000 car ,with anytool, to fit a wheel that cost 10% of the cars value IMO foolish


a bat may be ghetto but spend money on a tool to roll a fender that is more ghetto

anyway to each his own

no biggie peace

 

I respect your opinion, can I ask you a Q? Have you seen what a quality job a fender rolling machine does? Wont even chip the paint and of course not noticable, so why the negative image of doing this, regardless of the Z's price?

 

usually its less than a 100 bucks for all four fenders

 

I believe they heat the paint to keep it from chipping, that's why proffesionally rolled fenders aren't a big deal. I did the bat method on my old 240sx, and it worked great, but i wouldn't even attempt to do it on the 350z.

 

I heat the paint when I roll them and never had a problem

 

have never seen machine

i am guessing it does a good job

i do know using a bat makes waves in the rear quarters

do you get waves from the specialty tool ?

it is just something i would not do

but i do understand to get certain wheel to fit , it needs to be done

just a matter of choice

thanks