debating wether or not to roll fenders myself

[bcarpenter905]

Decided to make this a tad easier and just start my own thread which i probably should have done in the first place, but im a new poster so wasnt really sure but its pretty quiet here anyways so..

My wheels are rubbing on my fender lip. I need to have these rolled asap due to the fact that i replaced my rear fenders last year and im starting to lose paint. No paint = rust which ive already had to deal with some surface rust already. Today i quickly cleaned it off and used some Coat and Protect just to get rid of what was in there. Im looking to possibly do this myself as i dont want to go 2 hours out of my way to get it done... but i will if i absolutely have to.


Originally Posted by*firelizard:

I like to get it started with a rubber mallet, very gently. You could fold the lip all the way this way, going gradually, but if you can get your hands on a fender roller it will be much faster, easier, and safer.

Thanks for your response. Now should i use something to absorb some of the impact? Ive been told to watch out and make sure i dint crack that paint on the outside which i definetly dont want to do. Also, where does one find one of these rollers? Youre talking about renting one i assume? Im also thinking about picking up some gorilla tape and cutting it nice and thin just to go over that lip for now so that when im rubbing im rubbing the tape and not my fender. I know this will pull the rest of the paint off when i remove it, but im going to have to paint the lip already anyways so. I thought this might be a good idea for now just to keep $hit out it. Yeah no maybe?

 

[ANDREW_MP5]

What size rims and tires do you have?? also how low of a drop? Im trying to figure out how to prevent this from happening to me.
Thanks man

 

[bcarpenter905]

What size rims and tires do you have?? also how low of a drop? Im trying to figure out how to prevent this from happening to me.
Thanks man

Im actually not lowered, but these rims are 16"x7. Theyre a little bit wider than our standard 16x6 , my big tires dont help though lol. My summer tires are 205/55/16. Im sure it would help a little bit to have the same size tire as my winters (195/50/16) but when i bought the car a few years back it came with summers in this size, i needed 2 new tires last summer but couldnt afford 4 so i had to stick with the 205. Realistically rolling my fenders is a whole lot cheaper than 4 tires lol. Although im sure i will replace them to a smaller tire when i can, but i figure when i go to buy new tires next time around il be looking at a 17" rim aswell so it doesnt hurt to have my fenders already rolled. 40+offset on the 16x7 i have right now btw