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Old 08-09-2001, 06:20 PM   #1
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Default How Do I Roll My Front Fenders?

I would like to know the D.I.Y. way of rolling the front fenders! People say to jack the car up and put a baseball in between the top of the fender and the top of the tire...then lower it back down to a point where the bat is wedge in between the two surface...then start rolling back and forth!!!


What do you all think I should do?

Take it to a body shop and have them do it!

Purchase a wide fender kit!

Give it a shot!

Try something else!


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Old 08-09-2001, 06:24 PM   #2
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I am not sure you can roll the front fenders. I had my rears rolled, it was not a pretty sight. lots of paint damage. The front has the plastic fender liner. Let me know if you figure it out.
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Old 08-09-2001, 06:27 PM   #3
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I heard somewhere that TireRack has a tool they rent out that bolts to your wheel studs then has a little roller on it and a hand grip that you move across the fender to bend it upward. Call them. Also I heard if you use a heat gun there is less likeliness to crack the paint.
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Old 08-09-2001, 06:51 PM   #4
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Reality check chaps . Rolling the rear fenders works because it pushes the lip of the fender away from the FIXED rotating tire. The front wheels turn- rubbing in the front wells means the wheel/tire combo is too big for the well. Short of cutting the fender opening larger, you can't do anything about it.

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Old 08-09-2001, 06:59 PM   #5
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This is kind of what I thought.

You might be able to get by with adding more camber to the front wheels. This is not a great way to do it though.
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Old 08-09-2001, 08:08 PM   #6
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Same difference I'm afraid... you are tipping in the tops of the wheels, but the wheels still turn and a good 1/3 of the tire is outside the edge of the fender on a tight radius turn.

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Old 08-09-2001, 08:50 PM   #7
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yeah .. but it does work (at stock height)

jeff's car is an example
235/45/18 on a 18x7 5x100+43

-2 deg neg camber in front (that right jeff?)
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Old 08-09-2001, 09:23 PM   #8
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Ok- go out, turn your steering wheel to full lock. Get out of the car, and look at the tire, and tell me that rolling the fender or maxing camber negative will do a damn thing for rubbing (if rubbing on the fender well is the problem) on the front wheel wells . If you go out and actually do this, you cannot tell me honestly that it does... when the wheel is turned, the fend well will be smacking the tread of the tire, not the sidewall... you'd have to set the camber to like 45 degrees of negative camber to keep it away from the lip of the fender well (and then it would just smack the engine apron anyway ). I'll take a picture when I get home from work if I have to. Setting negative camber in the rear will work, but not on the front.


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Old 08-09-2001, 10:46 PM   #9
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Ken what kind of crazy wheel/tire combo are you thinking about with your Legacy? Something like 245's???
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Old 08-09-2001, 11:22 PM   #10
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Default This is what I had & got...

I had...

Eibach Pro Kit Springs & KYB AGX Adj. shocks with stock OEM rim matched with Toyo FZ4 (205/55VR16)

I have now...

Eibach's & KYB still...and Volk Racing LE37K (17x7.5) with Toyo T1-S (215/45ZR17)

I am thinking of...

Getting DMS 40mm Gold Adj. Coilovers

BUT to momentarily fix my rubbing problem...I think I can roll the front fender upperwards (instead of the bulges that are there now) and then bend the upper part of the fender outwards(besides it's sheet metal right!!! ) Sort of what the 3-series BMW looks like! Fender flares that tapers out towards the top!

My fault...I was reading my original post...I didn't mean to put baseball...it was a baseball bat!


Oh well,

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Old 08-10-2001, 03:17 AM   #11
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I'm running 205/50 17 RE730's on Speedline SuperT's with a ver5/5zigen set up. They were rubbing in the front until I cut off the fender lip, and in the rear until I took off they rubber lining, and now they dont' rub at all (even at an auto-x). I still have the plastic fender lining in the front too.
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Old 08-10-2001, 08:33 AM   #12
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Rocky (hysm) had a friend beat on his fender lip with a hammer and a wooden block in order to fit his hoosiers.....
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Old 08-10-2001, 12:06 PM   #13
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I am running 225/40-18 with like 1.1 degrees of neg camber. It did remove rubbing under compression. This is mostly straight line driving it helpes. I agree with NU that if you are rubbing all the time, this will not help. If you are rubbing only on bumps, it may help.

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Old 08-10-2001, 12:08 PM   #14
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ohh crap, impreza rider.. i have 215/45-ZR17 on my Super T's SPeedline and i'm getting the 5-zigen Ver 5 strut combo on this or next weekend.. you think they will rub???
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Old 08-10-2001, 03:38 PM   #15
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Default PROBLEM SOLVED

I am having my body shop fabricate a wider fender flare for me ... it will sorta look like the 3-series fenders (widens the fender by 1"-1.5")

...plus I am having my front passenger side door repainted (some @-hole banged it up pretty good)

...plus my rear bumper has two holes from someones license tags sucks too...so I am having that repainted too! (the whole entire rear bumper)

All in all a good way of spending $425... don't yeah think!!!


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Old 08-10-2001, 04:24 PM   #16
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No, you shouldn't have a problem with that. The 205/50 17 tires are about 1% larger than the stock tires, and the 215/45 are like 2% smaller IIRC. That little bit caused me to rub when I was at an auto-x or driving hard. In hindsight I should have gone with the 215/45 17 tires instead of the ones that I got...but hindsight is always 20/20
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Sorry to revive an old thread..

I took into account this thread, and decided to roll my fenders on my own. Used a rubber mallet, some tape to put on the end of it, and my idea was to use a knife and pre-cut the paint in the very middle of the fender roll. That way when you do roll it, the paint will only chip to that point. And it worked!

Just use some touch up paint on the inside fender and you're good to go. (and a hot blowdryer)
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hahaha kinda funny if u read the first few posts. its like primative like omg people can actually roll their fenders? and the one guy says something crazy like 245 (which is basically the norm now) Props to them for trying to push it back than though
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