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Mail From: ffacker (Fred Facker)

I thought that with the new "correct" alignment I just
got I was finally through with tire problems for a
while, but I was wrong. My tire rubbed and did this to
my new fender on Monday:

mustangfoto.com/fender.jpg

I used a 2x2 piece of wood with an old sweatshirt over
it and a hammer to bang the fender back up without
scratching the paint. I looked at the old stock fender
on the passenger side and it has a nice rolled back
edge whereas this new fender's edge just turns under
and has a sharp back edge to it. That sharp edge
sliced some big hunks of tread off the new tire. I'm
hoping now that it's bent back up it won't get caught
on the wheel and bend down again, but I plan to pull
the wheel off and see if I can't roll it a little
more. Does anyone have a really great tried and true
method for rolling the fender without causing too much
paint damage or other parts of the fender to bend out
of shape?

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Mail From: Ronsoy (RonMan)

use a wooden bat, softball type works the best.
Thanks Ron

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Subject: [CM] rolling a fender


I thought that with the new "correct" alignment I just
got I was finally through with tire problems for a
while, but I was wrong. My tire rubbed and did this to
my new fender on Monday:

mustangfoto.com/fender.jpg

I used a 2x2 piece of wood with an old sweatshirt over
it and a hammer to bang the fender back up without
scratching the paint. I looked at the old stock fender
on the passenger side and it has a nice rolled back
edge whereas this new fender's edge just turns under
and has a sharp back edge to it. That sharp edge
sliced some big hunks of tread off the new tire. I'm
hoping now that it's bent back up it won't get caught
on the wheel and bend down again, but I plan to pull
the wheel off and see if I can't roll it a little
more. Does anyone have a really great tried and true
method for rolling the fender without causing too much
paint damage or other parts of the fender to bend out
of shape?
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Mail From: rickl (Rick Larson)

Fred,
As RonMan said, use a baseball bat.

rick

Fred wrote:

> Does anyone have a really great tried and true
>method for rolling the fender without causing too much
>paint damage or other parts of the fender to bend out
>of shape?
>
>

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Mail From: jem (John Miller)

> Fred,
> As RonMan said, use a baseball bat.

If you are so inclined toward stick-and-ball sports, a bat can work well,
assuming you have the proper-sized bat and clearance between wheel and tire.

I've successfully used 1 1/2" iron water pipe. If your paint is such that
you're of a paranoid nature, a couple layers of duct tape might be
desirable, as might (given the time of year) heating the paint with a heat
gun or a very healthy hair dryer to ensure it doesn't crack.

There's also these devices - bmwdiy.info/fender-rolling/

John.

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