drifty325i 0 Report post Posted August 22, 2006 Hey dudes and dudetts Im getting a full respray for my 325 soon and want to roll the guards before I paint. any tips for doing this? with out the expence of hireing a guard roller? I heard of the baseball bat trick but dont know the details cheers for any help Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gus 5 Report post Posted August 22, 2006 speak to sakdbma you in chch arent you? he in auckland, but has one and might know where to get one/how to use it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drifty325i 0 Report post Posted August 22, 2006 Will do Gus cheers mate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ED1RTY 2 Report post Posted August 23, 2006 haha good to see you are being intelligent and doing it before you paint =p baseball bat is the pretty whory way of doin it and you dont really get an even curve but basically to doi it you just put the end of the bat ontop of the wheel using the wheel as leverage roll the bat around the guard folding it up, Another alternative since you are painting anyway is to get a block of wood with some felt on it and use a hammer from the inside to fold up the lip. Cheers Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drifty325i 0 Report post Posted August 23, 2006 Haha good tips! I have nice bat in mind that will do the trick I think. The last thing i want is my shiny new guards getting clipd by the tire. cheers again chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nobimmer 694 Report post Posted August 23, 2006 Yeh man the baseball bat trick works mean,I did it on my old KE30 corrolla and it worked mean as.Just know that theres a point where it maaaay crap out on you,I practiced on my skid car and the gaurd almost cracked.Good luck bro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nateh 0 Report post Posted August 23, 2006 Yeh man the baseball bat trick works mean,I did it on my old KE30 corrolla and it worked mean as.Just know that theres a point where it maaaay crap out on you,I practiced on my skid car and the gaurd almost cracked.Good luck bro How much can you roll the guards before they start to crap themselves? I want to put 20s on my E36 but dont wanna have to get skinny as wheels so the fit inside the guards like my mate has done on his coupe. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nobimmer 694 Report post Posted August 23, 2006 Depends,try it on a scrap car 1st or sumthing.would hate to tell you a exact size and have it crak.Get sakdbma to do it if ur in aucks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1043 Report post Posted August 23, 2006 Get it done professionally as its really easy to crack / fracture the paint. For the e46, I had them rolled to start with .. it wasn't enough under 'hard' compression. so got the gaurds flared. Could actually handle 10's now Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ED1RTY 2 Report post Posted August 23, 2006 Get it done professionally as its really easy to crack / fracture the paint. For the e46, I had them rolled to start with .. it wasn't enough under 'hard' compression. so got the gaurds flared. Could actually handle 10's now How'd you roll em? The machine i got u can supposedly (*Sp?) roll or flare the guards, ive only rolled so far but i can see how it could flare them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCEIVN 0 Report post Posted August 24, 2006 How'd you roll em? The machine i got u can supposedly (*Sp?) roll or flare the guards, ive only rolled so far but i can see how it could flare them. hey how much did your tool cost in the end? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1043 Report post Posted August 25, 2006 you can only really pull them out a couple of mil before the part thats being bent will start to crack or spider web' the paint. due to all being pulled out an inch and a half or so they actually were all rolled and pulled / extruded. but the car had a new paint job after that. you probably dont want to go this extreme unless your planning to put wide wheels on. or do this http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4...=206+peugeot+ad Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ED1RTY 2 Report post Posted August 25, 2006 you can only really pull them out a couple of mil before the part thats being bent will start to crack or spider web' the paint. due to all being pulled out an inch and a half or so they actually were all rolled and pulled / extruded. but the car had a new paint job after that. you probably dont want to go this extreme unless your planning to put wide wheels on. or do this http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4...=206+peugeot+ad MAchine cost me 300 bucks. Yea im sticking 16x9.5's on... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drifty325i 0 Report post Posted August 25, 2006 (edited) MAchine cost me 300 bucks. Yea im sticking 16x9.5's on... Do you think $150 for all for guards rolled is a fair price mate ? there is dude on trademe doing it down here with a machine Edited August 25, 2006 by drifty325i Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drifty325i 0 Report post Posted August 25, 2006 (edited) Cool just got him down to $30bucks a guard so thats not to bad. not as cheap as yours tho. he said his machine cost $1500 whoa MAchine cost me 300 bucks. Yea im sticking 16x9.5's on... I bet you scored thos deep dish 16s with the black centres didnt ya Edited August 25, 2006 by drifty325i Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ED1RTY 2 Report post Posted September 1, 2006 Cool just got him down to $30bucks a guard so thats not to bad. not as cheap as yours tho. he said his machine cost $1500 whoa I bet you scored thos deep dish 16s with the black centres didnt ya haha just saw this post, and Yuh i did P.S if you have already had them rolled can you tell me what the machine looks like, it'd be interesting to see what bullsh!t prices people come up with, as far as i know theres only one machine around that is made to do it, and thats the one i have!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drifty325i 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2006 haha just saw this post, and Yuh i did P.S if you have already had them rolled can you tell me what the machine looks like, it'd be interesting to see what bullsh!t prices people come up with, as far as i know theres only one machine around that is made to do it, and thats the one i have!!! Year mate I havint had them done yet so ill take a photo of the machine if you want, he sounded pretty legit but he was a townie, cant trust townies lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gus 5 Report post Posted September 1, 2006 Year mate I havint had them done yet so ill take a photo of the machine if you want, he sounded pretty legit but he was a townie, cant trust townies lol hick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drifty325i 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2006 hick I prefer country bumkin thankyou Gus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ED1RTY 2 Report post Posted September 2, 2006 lol sweet yea it'd be good to see what cost him that much lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matthew 0 Report post Posted October 12, 2007 hey i was wondering when u roll the guards does it look any difrent ( make it look hoter) or..... cheeers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PBOY23 0 Report post Posted October 12, 2007 jake the mus you sed you have the tool you wana do a cashie for my front e36 gaurds? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
