Fender Lip Rolling w/Eastwood. They say "No"?!

[SpeedRacerX]

I need to have my rear fender lips rolled to eliminate the tiny rub on the driver side for my new 295 DRs.

The Eastwood Fender Roller website says the following:

Q: Will it work on all fenders?
A: Yes, except dual-thickness flanged fenders, mostly found on the rear of full-size cars, such as a 1987 Grand National.

WTH. Has anyone rolled their fenders and had a problem??? If so, did you resort to pulling out the dremel and cutting the lips back??

Thanks for the input.

 

[BEATAV8]

Lol....
I bought the much cheaper eBay knock off. So far it's been used on 4 or 5 turbo Buicks and worked fine

 

[1986 Buick GX1]

Member 87LtdT has one for rent.
Search "fender roller for rent" if this link doesn't work.
http://www.turbobuick.com/threads/eastwood-fender-roller-for-rent.198366/

 

[T-CHRGD]

I used my Eastwood roller. Worked great. Was a little difficult (slow) due to the thickness, but it did work.

 

[SpeedRacerX]

I used my Eastwood roller. Worked great. Was a little difficult (slow) due to the thickness, but it did work.

Did you heat the paint?

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[T-CHRGD]

Did you heat the paint?

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I did. But that slowed things down even more, keeping the paint hot, while the roller work went slow.

 

[NOONG]

I'm to cheap and used the ole aluminum bat, just went slow and it worked fine for the same size tire

 

[SpeedRacerX]

I'm to cheap and used the ole aluminum bat, just went slow and it worked fine for the same size tire

I was looking at that last night but it just felt like the whole fender panel might "give" and crease right above the fender flare.

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[rssooner]

I was looking at that last night but it just felt like the whole fender panel might "give" and crease right above the fender flare.

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I was told that there is a major concern to cracking the paint. Is that a true concern?

 

[SpeedRacerX]

I'm sure it's a major concern.
I am rolling the lips on Wednesday so I'll report back how it goes.

In the meantime, I installed air lift bags today and that solved any rubbing I had. I still want to roll the lips for extra precaution and for when I go to the track.

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[dynoman]

If you don't need the fender rolled flat , you can use the method I just used . It gave me what I call a half roll
I started with a crescent wrench tightened down on the lip and bent up A LITTLE at a time working your way around the wheel opening . Do this a couple of times back and forth . This will start the " roll " and make the rolling tool work much faster . My 90yr old dad gave me this idea after watching me struggling to get the roll started on the driver side . The passenger side took about 15 mins. My dad was a body man for 60+ years and knows a few tricks of the trade !
Here are some pics. of mine . I picked up about 1/2"-5/8" tire clearance .

 

[84gnLA]

Any pictures of the 295s on the car?
How is the clearance..before and after rolling the fender?
what size tires... 295/50/15s?

 

[SpeedRacerX]

Any pictures of the 295s on the car?
How is the clearance..before and after rolling the fender?
what size tires... 295/50/15s?

295/55-15. I have plenty of pix installed standard and with a thick wheel adapter to give it that hot wheels look.

I still haven't rolled the lips yet. The day I planned it, I ended up getting sick. I'm looking to do so soon. I have so many projects backed up on my car waiting on the transmission to get beefed up.

I use the bags for now and that keeps the lip off the tire even with the adapter on.

Let me see if I can find pix.

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[SpeedRacerX]

Here's a pic with no adapter on 15x10 g-body aluminum rims. Inside near the frame is great. Very slight rub on big bumps from the lip. Rolling will solve that.

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[SpeedRacerX]

With the adapter installed kicking the tires out big wheels style. Lol.

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[SpeedRacerX]

The other reason for the adapters is I also have GNX flares I was going to install and have a real wide body look but decided against. I'll be selling them soon.

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[Pronto]

Dump those adapters!

 

[SpeedRacerX]

Dump those adapters!

I know. I agree. I'm fine with the 295s sitting flush without adapters.

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[qwkT]

What bs are you using?

 

[Hahny]

With the adapter installed kicking the tires out big wheels style. Lol.View attachment 318701View attachment 318702View attachment 318703

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I love the look of those 15x10 rims. Nice looking car too.