Question about rolling the fender
10-06-2007 | 10:34 PM
#21
are you talking about my old red z28? I think the paint started to crack bc the paint on the drivers side fender was still "newish". I ended up getting them rolled again later down the road. At maximum altitude, they cut slits all along the fender and then rolled it. They might have just cut it and then hammered it up. Not sure. But it worked good.
10-09-2007 | 07:53 AM
#22
Just did 2 cars using the guys rental tool from Irving.
On the 1st car the guy doesn't care about his paint, taking time, and the wanted them rolled to the max. The paint did crack, but anyone could've predicted that. Even so, you can't notice it unless you get under the wheel well and look for it.
Did my car, used the heat gun, smaller sections at a time, used a little more patience and my paint did NOT crack. Sweet...
Wes
On the 1st car the guy doesn't care about his paint, taking time, and the wanted them rolled to the max. The paint did crack, but anyone could've predicted that. Even so, you can't notice it unless you get under the wheel well and look for it.
Did my car, used the heat gun, smaller sections at a time, used a little more patience and my paint did NOT crack. Sweet...
Wes
Last edited by WMSuperSport; 10-11-2007 at 11:31 PM.
10-09-2007 | 05:51 PM
#24
I have a fender roller that I used on my car and the results were great. I've done several cars in the area and in some cases the paint did crack. I can't say why on most cars I've done it hasn't but on two cars it's happened. I really feel it's the amount that the fenders were rolled, I rolled mine just enough where the tires wouldn't rub and others the person wanted the fenders rolled further for insurance. In two of those cases the paint cracked. If it were me I would rent a fender roller and roll the fenders, it's easy
