Lorax

I'm going to need to do a bit of this ... somebody help me out here.

spoolin51

Ill be over with the GreyGoose im sure we will figure something out

gt37vgt

I've herd of filed attempts with timber bass ball bats and groovs in them perhaps aluminum bat I also herd if you hire the rig they wont go on porsche hub and require adapter.
may need a combined rennlist effort try get 10 guys to throw in and but the rig and adaptor .

Lorax

Should I heat the area up with a torch or heat gun before I try it?

tifosiman

There is a fender rolling tool out there (do a google search) that is really the best way to go, every other way of rolling is a crapshoot. Even with the tool you need to be concerned about cracking the paint around the fender lip area.

I used a grinder and ground away almost the entire inner lip in the rub areas, then went back in with primer and touch up paint and cleaned it up.

Hope that helps.

fbgh2o

I used a hardwood dowel. Heated up the area with a hair dryer and proceeded to roll. I only needed a small section aft of the driver's door and not the whole wheel well. The paint on the inner lip cracked and I retouched it afterward.

Fluidplay

Check this out...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_irPKDRxufc

What size tires are you running?

ehall

search my various wheel threads.

Techno Duck

I used a fender roller like this.. http://www.tirerack.com/accessories/detail.jsp?ID=52 Its actually the exact same one i used, but its made by Eastwood instead of branded TireRack.

gt37vgt is right that this will not fit the Porsche hub.. you need to (no joke) buy the truck adapter because our bolt pattern is spaced so far apart. If you end up buying this, you can cut the bolt holes on the tool to make slots, and it will fit onto the hub fine (i did this on my friends). We rolled his fenders an uber amount because we were trying to stuff 315's under the rear, paint cracking was unavoidable even with heating, but not a big deal because it was being painted anyhow.

Personally even having this tool available to me, i would do what Tifo suggested and cut that inner lip off with a grinder or circular cutter to preserve the paint. Its alot easier in my opinion.

azbanks

5 pound sledge hammer. I rolled most of the lip from front to back. Start from the middle and work your way out.

Peckster

OMG, you guys didn't really use hammers and grinders, did you?

An expert can do a great job with a bat, and won't crack the paint. They just insert the bat between the tire and the fender, than push out as someone else rolls the car back and forth, the motion of the tire rotates the bat along the fender lip.

A job best left to someone with experience.

tifosiman

Yes, I did use a grinder. And I have experience.

daigo

If you're not cutting the inner lip and you're trying to fold the lip tightly you must take a wire wheel and remove all the undercoating in that area. That way it will fold tightly on itself.

PorscheDoc

The eastwood roller is a good roller, but like the guys said, you have to make some sort of adapter to fit our wheel lug pattern. I used an old 1" spacer and made a system with that to mount up. Also, use a heat gun to help keep the paint from cracking once you start rolling. Just go in very small increments at a time, and you should be alright.

CPR

used (2) pieces (one for each side) of rigid conduit wrapped in HD foam insulation for buffering between the pipe and body/paint. insert at same location on both sides...have 2 people steady the conduit and drive a bit forward and a bit backward and it is done in minutes....and no paint touch up.

You can also do one side at a time if you are short on help....