FENDER ROLLING - Northern California Ford Owners

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Posted by Saleenssc14 (Member # 7791) on :

HAS ANYONE EVER HAD THIS DONE BEFORE? DOES ANYONE HAVE THE TOOL TO DO IT??

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Posted by Thirteen Twenty (Member # 7961) on :

I was thinking of buying the tool from eastwood, maybe we could go in on it??? or there's always the baseball bat method

Posted by Thirteen Twenty (Member # 7961) on :

Posted by F8LSN8K (Member # 7080) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Saleenssc14:
HAS ANYONE EVER HAD THIS DONE BEFORE?

sorry but.........AHAHAHA LMAO!

hella people if not almost everyone on here has done it or had it done.

sorry again, just thought it was funny.

Posted by Saleenssc14 (Member # 7791) on :

I WANT TO BUY IT, BUT ITS NOT LIKE IM GOING TO USE IT ON ALL MY CARS I ONLY WANA USE IT ONCE. MAYBE I MIGHT BUY IT AND RENT IT OUT TO EVERYONE ON CAFORDS...HAHA

Posted by Thirteen Twenty (Member # 7961) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Saleenssc14:
I WANT TO BUY IT, BUT ITS NOT LIKE IM GOING TO USE IT ON ALL MY CARS I ONLY WANA USE IT ONCE. MAYBE I MIGHT BUY IT AND RENT IT OUT TO EVERYONE ON CAFORDS...HAHA

ya that's kinda what I was gettin at,

Posted by Saleenssc14 (Member # 7791) on :

OK BUY AND ILL RENT IT FROM YOU. HOW MUCH FOR RENT?

Posted by Thirteen Twenty (Member # 7961) on :

50$??? that's alot better than 250$ plus tax and shipping

Posted by Saleenssc14 (Member # 7791) on :

50 DAY OR TIL IM DONE? HEY ON ANOTHER POST IT SAID YOU PORT HEADS? HOW MUCH?

Posted by Thirteen Twenty (Member # 7961) on :

50 till your done, I ain't picky as long as I don't get screwed. what heads? how far are you looking to go? full race with flow numbers or gasket match, clean up and some bowl blending?

Posted by Thirteen Twenty (Member # 7961) on :

some 460 stock heads...

Posted by Saleenssc14 (Member # 7791) on :

NOT TOO SURE PROBABLY TO MATCH THE GASKET

Posted by Thirteen Twenty (Member # 7961) on :

Give me a call and I'll come look at the heads and we can discuss your goal's. I'm not really charging much right now as it is more of a hobby of mine. So did you want me to buy that fender roller???

Posted by Saleenssc14 (Member # 7791) on :

i dunno i might jus buy one myself because ill rent it out 2 everyone in my racing crew

Posted by warhorse58gt (Member # 7702) on :

i'll rent you my baseball bat cheap... [Big Grin]

Posted by 408GT (Member # 6677) on :

does it chip the paint though

Posted by Thirteen Twenty (Member # 7961) on :

quote:
Originally posted by 408GT:
does it chip the paint though

I wouldn't think so, if you took your time and made several slow passes rather than all at once, most newer paints have a flex agent added so they don't crack when applied to plastic bumper covers.

Posted by imagrinch (Member # 8176) on :

the baseball bat method is old school but effective
my friends dad used to do it
saw a car that he had done with the bat and it looked pretty well rounded
he said its all about patience
and i know a baseball bat is cheaper than the tool [Razz]

Posted by 92_5.0 (Member # 7624) on :

I just rolled my fenders with an aluminum slugger yesterday, came out pretty nice, did the job, and cheap too! lol.

but i would recommend a heat gun for anyone that doesnt wanna chip their paint. [patriot]

Posted by Jdub07 (Member # 2728) on :

Used a baseball bat on mine just warm up the paint a little with a hair dryer or something if your afraid it will chip.

Posted by Thirteen Twenty (Member # 7961) on :

quote:
Originally posted by 92_5.0:
I just rolled my fenders with an aluminum slugger yesterday, came out pretty nice, did the job, and cheap too! lol.

but i would recommend a heat gun for anyone that doesnt wanna chip their paint.

heat guns are 10$ at harbor freight, even if they only last a day it is worth it.

Posted by BCINGUU (Member # 2397) on :

I used a heat gun on mine when I rolled them. All it did was make the paint chips hot as they fell off the car.

But a little touch up paint fixed all that.

Posted by Luke87GT (Member # 21) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Thirteen Twenty:

quote:
Originally posted by 408GT:
does it chip the paint though
I wouldn't think so, if you took your time and made several slow passes rather than all at once, most newer paints have a flex agent added so they don't crack when applied to plastic bumper covers.

Sounds like you have never done it before, lol.

The paint cracks 99% of the time. The older the paint and the tighter you roll, the more it cracks. Luckily when it does crack, it cracks at the fold, so it is usually not visible.

I used a heat gun and 2 people, and paint still cracked as was mentioned above. I even used an IR gun to verify that the paint temp was at 120-130 degrees at all times. Still cracked.

If you have a nice paint job, fender rolling can be extremely stressful.

Posted by cummins (Member # 5931) on :

you guys should pm happygmore here on the site he rolls fenders all day long and he has the tool to do it correctly.

Posted by F8LSN8K (Member # 7080) on :

quote:
Originally posted by cummins:
you guys should pm happygmore here on the site he rolls fenders all day long and he has the tool to do it correctly.

hmmm......why do seem to be associated some how with orlando? either he or u comes up from each other [Confused]

Posted by Thirteen Twenty (Member # 7961) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Luke87GT:

quote:
Originally posted by Thirteen Twenty:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by 408GT:
[qb] does it chip the paint though
I wouldn't think so, if you took your time and made several slow passes rather than all at once, most newer paints have a flex agent added so they don't crack when applied to plastic bumper covers.

Sounds like you have never done it before, lol.

yes I've done it alot...... just that I have shitty cars usually in primer [Wink]

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