notcreative

^^^^ My back tires are rubbing and the people @ discount tire said that they would roll them. Does this have any negative effects on our cars? i dont want to do this and then the body fold or weaken.

Thanks for any info

Sly Raskal

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I always thought that if you get your fenders rolled you have to get the body around that area re-painted?

4pumpedCL

if it's done well you'll never know anything was ever modified.

Artwork

It looks to be a very risky change...I would not let Discount tire roll my fenders, go find a perfomance shop that can recommend someone good.

njtls2

i would think a place like discount tire would have more experience in rolling fenders then most shops...

CLpower

see if they use a machine or not, most places these days use machines, they are pretty fuck up proof. Back in the day we use to do it w/ a baseball bat, would come out perfect if you knew what you were doing.

Sly Raskal

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If you get it done, be sure to post pics!

cody02

Guys you're not going to believe how easy this is to do and to do it right. All you need is a flat surface to work on (garage floor), a floor jack, and a wooden baseball bat. I bought a new fresh bat just for this task.


Do the procedure one side at a time


1. From the side of the car just in front of the rear tire place the floor jack and jack up the rear till you have about five inches or so of clearance. Use the same location to place the jack as you always do for jacking up the rear.


2. Place the fat end of the wooden bat directly on top of the rear tire about three inches inward and hold it almost straight out at a slight downward angle.


3. With your other hand slowly release the floor jack and allow the car to come down on the bat. The weight of the car as it's coming down will press the bat into the tire some but at the same time keep pulling the bat down it will bend just the fender lip up and in toward the inner fender surface.


4. Next with both hands just grab the bat and while keeping the bat as perpendicular to the car as possible just start rotating the bat down around the tire. This will roll the fender lip smoothly in and up.


5. Jack the car back up again and place the bat back on the top of the tire as in step 2 and basically repeat step 4 in the opposite direction. You might need to do this a couple of times to roll the lip a little at a time.


I know you're wondering if this bows out or distorts the rear fender in anyway but it didn't for me, at all. It didn't even mess up the paint on the fender lip even though this lip is being rolled up out of sight. The relatively soft surface of the wooden bat and the give of the rubber tire allows for enough force to roll the fender lip but not enough force to bend the fender at all.


Even after I rolled the fenders I still had to trim a small piece of the rear bumper cover that extends down below the fender lip that faces the tire. Do this with a razor blade box cutter. If your tire is rubbing it you’ll see the wear on the plastic piece. Just cut it out past the wear marks in a nice smooth angle/arc cut.

The last thing I did was to fill the lip gap between it and the inner fender with caulking to insure water, dirt, road salt would not get trapped in there.


Tim

notcreative

Thank you, i will give that to the people @ discount tire, they said that they have rolled a few fenders before, How is your car? Any negative effects on the car?

cody02

None, mine turned out really smooth. I was surprised that it didn't affect the paint finish. You can't even tell it's been done till you run your hand under it.

Once I got that done the only real rubbing left was the piece of plastic bumper I talked about. But it's easy to trim back a little at a time till all rubbing is gone.

zamo

any pics available?

4pumpedCL

Discount tire is a legitimate shop. If they mess up, they're liable. I wouldn't worry about it.

GOT PSI?

Just a thought - but maybe sell your 235's and go with 225's??

sgmotoring

The trick is WOOD bat, not aluminum.

DarkSithCL

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Baseball or softball?.....LOL....I'm sorry, I just could not help it......

Dannybags

but hehe

notcreative

I only have the back on, im getting 225 for the fronts, its only .2in not as wide but i dunno it might look cool with 235 on back and 225 on front with CT Drop. the only - thing is that i cant rotate my tire.

Excelerate

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At one point I think Tire Rack was renting a machine that rolled fenders. It attached to your studs and you just rolled it along so it rolled the fender. I don't know if they still are doing that though.