I have a project that requires a fender roller. The Eastwood roller seems to be the de facto top end roller. But flea bay has rollers that look exactly the same for 1/3 the price. I might use this for 3-4 projects. Has anyone bought the flea bay generic rollers? Any feedback? I know you get what you pay for, bla bla bla. But this is a simple tool. And Id be willing to bet the Eastwood tool is pretty much the same as all the rest.
Fender Roller, Eastwood or Other?
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K-Dog
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I have been TOLD, that the ones on e-bay are simply re-badged. How true it is I dont know. I too have been eyeballing these rollers.
Askme42
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Baseball bat heat gun and. Towel should be all you need.
Thats what it looks like. The only difference I can see in the pics is maybe different knob hardware.
Strouty
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I must not be doing it correctly, no matter how many times I hit it the fender doesn't seem to flare out. The towel does keep it from scratching the paint, so that was a good tip.
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Askme42
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U don't know this trick? Wrap the bat in a towel heat the fender lip and roll the bat between the tire and the fender. I'm not brave enough to try it on a new car but any project car I have done this way before paint.
Strouty
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I had never heard of it, so you don't beat the fender?
Askme42
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No the op isn't talking about getting dents out. Just rolling the fender lip. Like this.
Strouty
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Loscaldazar
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Strouty is playing with you...
He's joking that he used the baseball bat to hit the fenders (and thus denting them) instead of using the bat as a round wedge to roll out the fenders, and doesn't understand why hitting the fenders with the bat isn't working to roll the fenders.
Zeke
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I don't like rolling fenders. If you look at the clearance problem it's only 12 inches or so at the top where the lip returns under the car. Cut it with aircraft snips and gently roll the sharp edge with a curved body hammer and
On severe jobs where the car will get painted I place 1/8th welding rod in the angle and beat the lip over on it. If you're real damn careful you can do this without hurting the paint but it takes hours.
On severe jobs where the car will get painted I place 1/8th welding rod in the angle and beat the lip over on it. If you're real damn careful you can do this without hurting the paint but it takes hours.
Strouty
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I forget that sarcasm doesn't travel through the internet well.
The problem with the bat would be if the arch is not uniform to the tire, then I think it would get weird fast. i have never rolled a fender, but I have seen some people with cars that it has been done on and it can look pretty boss.
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Zeke
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See that's where the bat comes in or use my method. Most of my experience has been on early Porsches, both 911's and 914's. Both have an eccentric arc, the 914 more so and the front of the 911 being nearly concentric.I forget that sarcasm doesn't travel through the internet well.
The problem with the bat would be if the arch is not uniform to the tire, then I think it would get weird fast. i have never rolled a fender, but I have seen some people with cars that it has been done on and it can look pretty boss.
But, as I said, people roll way too far from top center. That's where the tire hits. On a lot of cars you can relieve the fender lip but due to the reverse flare the tire will hit a little further up inside and burn the paint. Most of the time you don't know this happening until it's too late.
Good deal if you need the "Large Wheel" size. The smaller Eastwood is still a lot more than ebay's.