I have purchased the fender rolling tool from Eastwood. Plan to roll the rear fenders next weekend. Has anyone had a bad fender rolling experience on an FD? Any tips or tricks to doing the rear fenders?

Thanks.

Wade

 

Buy or borrow a heat gun and heat the arch, be careful and not over heat the paint.
Heating is done to prevent the paint from cracking.
Once heated, follow the instructions and roll the lip in a little at a time.
Re heat and repeat the rolling.
The key is to take your time and use heat.
Another thing is to follow the roller on the outside with your hand applying pressure.
This helps by preventing the roller from pushing the natural body line out.
I hope this makes sense.

 

I found the FD rear fenders are pretty easy to roll/pull compared to some other cars as the lip has a regular width (no mounting tabs like front), its a constant 2 plies of material all the way around and well... round.

Still, go slow.

Metal will take a while to stretch, so use even pressure and go back and forth a lot.

If attempting a pull, keep an eye on the fender about 4" above the arch as if you pull too hard without stretching the metal enough it will dimple in here.

Keep it warm with the heat gun as stated above and you can scribe a line with x-acto knife on the lip before you start so the paint only cracks up to the scribe line and not out onto the visible part of the fender.

Don't roll down too far. You tire goes up and down not forward and back. Just do the top of the arch and you can use a sheetmetal hammer to gently blend the stock fender lip line to the rolled edge so it doesn't look kinked when viewed from and angle.

Start with the roller wheel almost horizontal (near flat with the lip) and transition the wheel to vertical (flat with the inside of the fender) as you roll. Watch the height of the roller wheel when it is vertical- if it is up too high it will hit the curve of the inner sheetmetal ply.

If going for a pull, reverse the process and move the roller wheel back from vertical (where it ended when you were done rolling the fender lip under) toward the angle of the fender line you are trying to achieve with the pull.

Feel your progress with your hand as well as getting a light in there to view it.

Go slow and be observant to what the metal is doing.

 

Thanks guys. Great advice.

 

Got the rear fenders rolled this past weekend. Went great. Thanks for the advice.