fender roller anybody ever use one?
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Yep, a couple of times. Rented one from a guy on Ebay. He was in Idaho and I'm in California. Transaction went very smoothly and ended up costing me about $50.00 IIRC. One thing to check is the distance from the axle centerline to the lip of the fender. Make sure the tool will reach. Some won't. Also, following the directions exactly, particularly about going slow and heating the paint helps a bunch. Gained about 3/4" on a lowered C1500 pick-up and 1/2" or so on another car. Never tried it on my 63. Good luck.
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Rollers are pretty popular on another site I'm on. Then again, I've seen some decent results by rolling with the tire in place and prying with a baseball bat. Like coloradodave mentioned, slow and hot will help.
Yeah, I tried that on my C1500 and tore the bat up pretty good. No movement. Then I noticed that all the YouTube videos seemed to be on foreign cars. Thinner metal maybe? Food for thought...
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I've used them on my other car. WOrks well. Wont work on the wheel well hump on a 68-70 car though. Tried that with no luck.
You can also 'space' the roller out with bolt on wheel spacers, if it isn't close enough to pump the guard out.
You can also 'space' the roller out with bolt on wheel spacers, if it isn't close enough to pump the guard out.
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Did you try it with an aluminum bat?
Yep. Wood one first and then an aluminum bat with racer's tape to protect the paint. The roller tool worked fine.
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anybody try one on a car made in the 60's. thinking the tool will be a present to self then resell it after doing 3 cars and offering it to some bud's for theirs.
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I use it on regular basis. Sometimes roll 3 cars back to back .But mainly imports and/or late model cars. The problem dealing with 30+ year old cars is you don't know what's under that paint.
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