Rolling front fenders slightly

[climbernyc]

Has anyone had success rolling with heat and not cracking paint? Installing 16" H&B wheels with their suspension and LJI camber plates. Thanks

 

[rsporsche]

i worked on mine very slowly and kept applying heat - checking it with an IR thermometer. still cracked the paint. if i am not mistaken, aren't the H+B wheels 7.5"? if so, you might have to roll them more than rolling slightly (at least between 10 + 2).

 

[HB Chris]

I used heat and had no cracks.

 

[sfdon]

Put mine out in the sun and used heat
Went really slow.

 

[rsporsche]

how old is your paint? the older the paint, the more brittle it typically is.

 

[climbernyc]

They are 7" in front-we will try. Paint is old, very nice repaint but pre-water based and hasn't spent much time in the son

 

[climbernyc]

Baseball bat or fender roller like Eastwood? Or other method?

 

[climbernyc]

Pre lowering- will measure the offset of the front wheels vs alpina reps and see if further inboard.

 

[HB Chris]

No bats!

 

[climbernyc]

Does anyone know the offset of the coupe king 16" alpina reps?

 

[rsporsche]

yes - 7" w/ et-11

i agree with Chris - NO bat. go on Amazon, you can find the exact same rolling machine as the one Eastwood sells ... for HALF the price.

 

[sfdon]

50 bucks on line

 

[adawil2002]

My fenders needed to be painted after rolling from 10-2. A lot of other work was being performed so it wasn't a big deal.