Looking for somebody with the eastwood tool or who knows a good shop for rolling the rear fenders on my 01 gt... thanks
I have one, it WILL make the paint crack and flake off. Let me know if you are still interested. I did my cars, your welcome to come check them out
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I used the eastwood tool. Wasn't really that good. In the end, i put the tool down, and used a baseball bat with the wheel. Sounds hack (why i went and got the tool) but i had an easier time with the bat than I did with the eastwood tool.
Key is to use a heat gun to heat the paint up pretty warm to make it soft to reduce cracking. Wasn't too bad.
It's not something i would want to do on someone else's car though sorry
*Michael*
+1. Haven't done it in many years, but that is definitely the key!Originally Posted by Mustang5L5
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x3 on the baseball bat. Pretty simple with a friend helping, wish I'd have known about the heating of the paint when I first did mine.....
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Heat gun helps but when you move the metal as that much there is no preventing it from cracking.
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roush where are you located?
You can roll your fenders in the Myrtle beach heat if you're in a pinch haha
1998 Chrome Yellow Cobra, 10k miles
89 mustang gt, Just your average built race motor.
This is how we've always done it. It takes three people to make it easy, but could be done with only two. Have one person in the driver's seat, one holding a wooden bat between the tire and the fender, and one person sitting on the trunk. The third person sitting on the trunk could be replaced by something heavy in the trunk. The driver should slowly drive forward and then backward as the person holding the bat lets them know when to stop and change direction. I hope that makes sense. As others have said it will crack the paint and mar the bat, but it works like a charm. Good luck!
I did this on my '89 hatch. Along with removing the quad shock and beating down some high spots in the wheel well it allowed me to squeeze a 295/50 15 on a 15 by 8" rim with 5.5" back spacing and no tire sticking out of the fender.
- Rob
I rolled my fenders with the eastwood tool and a heat gun and had no paint cracking.
'98 Crystal White Cobra
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