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Originally posted by ModIdiot:
baseball bat just put it in between the tire and fender and roll the car back and forth

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Originally posted by ModIdiot:
baseball bat just put it in between the tire and fender and roll the car back and forth

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metal or wood bat? thanks
 

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Posted by Gear Head (Member # 779) on :
 

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Originally posted by mtbaughs:
What I like to do is first scribe a line with a razor blade around the inside of the fender just above where the fender is to be rolled. This will keep the paint from cracking when the metal is tweaked up. Then I make cuts every 1" or so with a pan cake cutter in the amount I want to be rolled up. Doing this will allow stress on the metal only being pushed up and will not put any stress on the metal on the outboard side of the fender to insure that the outer fender doesn't tweak or cause the paint to flake. It also allows for the most amount of clearance being that the metal is pushed flat.

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This is what I did on my front and rear fenders. Remember you cannot reuse the front fender liners after the front fenders are rolled.
 

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Posted by mtbaughs (Member # 4052) on :
 
This is true on the front if you cut the fenders all the way around. I've found that if you cut everything but the inner fender mounting points you can still keep the fender liner in place. Just bend the mounting tabs up enough to clear the tire and not so much that you can't fasten the inner liner to the original hole. The baseball bat method works, I've seen it done with success before. I've also seen the stress from doing it cause the paint to crack and sometimes flake so great care must be taken with this method. Also the car has to be at a height where you can fit a bat between the fender and the tire. Often a road race style car is too low for the bat to fit. Also a nice touch to the method I decribed above is to cover over the cut and bent portions with bondo to give the fender a smooth factory look. It also means that if by chance the tire does hit it you will know exactly where and it won't be a metal to tire contact but will have to make it's way through the bondo first before cutting the tire.
 

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Posted by ModIdiot (Member # 3907) on :
 
wood
 

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Posted by NorCalRydaz (Member # 3233) on :
 
I just took my front tire off, trimed the inside on my fender and hit it with a hammer. I fit my 17x9 cobra with 245/45/17 on my 89
 

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Posted by HungryHippo (Member # 537) on :
 
the easiest way... i took a hammer to my rear fender lips
 

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Posted by xxDeaDDucKxx (Member # 4033) on :
 
Baseball bat if you have the room between your tire and fender. Otherwise just beat it with the hammer unless you wanna spend money on the tool.
 

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Posted by Chosen1 (Member # 1906) on :
 
Why roll it, I spent a half hour with a die grinder with a mini cutoff wheel and cut the inner fender lips out very carefully. I used a piece of masking tape as marking point so I wouldnt cut too far. I left like a 16th of an inch so you couldnt even tell...
here's the passenger side

here's the driver side


[ March 08, 2004, 05:06 PM: Message edited by: Chosen1 ]
 

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Posted by Chosen1 (Member # 1906) on :
 
delete

[ March 08, 2004, 05:05 PM: Message edited by: Chosen1 ]
 

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Posted by Fostang (Member # 3752) on :
 
because if you don't roll it and leave a sharp thin edge it will end up gashing your tire if there is ever fender to tire contact.
 

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Posted by Chosen1 (Member # 1906) on :
 
i used a flap wheel, which cleaned up the edges from all the burs, my edges are MUCH softer than the original edge before it was cut.
 

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Posted by Chosen1 (Member # 1906) on :
 
the ONLY downfall is water can get in between the quarter panel and inner fender well. but my car is RARELY driven in the rain. any decent welder can fill that seam, then grind it down and make it look factory. in fact, i might have that done before my car is painted later this year.
 

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Posted by Fostang (Member # 3752) on :
 
I got you bro..


I wanted to cut my window trim off. You know that piece of steel that goes around the outside of the windows on the body that has the stainless steel on it.

What do you think that'll look like?
 

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Posted by Chosen1 (Member # 1906) on :
 
I wanted to shave the drip rail moldings too (see arrows in pic), but thought it would look funny on my car since I still have chrome bumpers, front and back windshield moldings, rocker panel moldings, etc. However, the idea is sick if you take the time to powdercoat the other moldings, and your car which Im assuming will eventually be silver, that would look good. But if I remember correctly, its appears almost like a set of 2-3 moldings, under the drip rail, I didnt see how I could remove all of it and it still look sanitary. Rob shaved the same moldings on his camaro and it looks very nice.

you are referring to these correct?

[ March 08, 2004, 05:52 PM: Message edited by: Chosen1 ]
 

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Posted by Fostang (Member # 3752) on :
 
That's yes those.

I'm thinking my car is going to be painted completely black.

Just to be different from what everyone else is doing.

HMMM. I wonder.

You ever seen it done? Have any pictures of it?

My friend just removed the stainless steel piece and painted the other part the color of the car.
 

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