Yea so my new 215 tires are rubbing a bit and I wanted to get the fenders rolled. Any good shops in the Northern Virginia area? Or someone with a garage so I can do it myself?
Look up ultimate motorsports. I was thinking about using them when i was going to roll my fenders a while back.
Thanks, I'll look them up and check it out.
Yea I don't know what the cost is either, but I'm assuming it can't be THAT much... doesn't seem like a whole lot of work.
EDIT: According to www.ultimatemotorsports.com, there's a dealer named "BDE Racing" in VA... it's about 30 mi from where I'm at in Fairfax, so I'll give them a call later and see what they can do. Judging from the website this place seems more like a real racing shop as opposed to a typical aftermarket shop, but it's worth a shot.
You can do it yourself . . . . Just use a wooden baseball bat & lever it against your tire (jack up the corner you're working on until you can just slide the bat between the tire & fender). Go slow, and work your way back and forth around the fender, bending in small increments so you don't chip the paint. Use a heat-gun/hair-dryer to warm up the metal/paint.
disclaimer - I've never done this myself . . . . but back in the day I remember seeing a how-to with pictures from someone doing it on their Integra . . . . If I needed it, I wouldn't hesitate to do it on my car.
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^^^ Yea I totally would do it myself, I read about a similar method, but I don't have either the tools or the garage to do the work in, so I guess I gotta hit up a shop.
For those of you interested, I did some more research and found a couple other places that should do the roll (I'm calling them after work to confirm): Pro-imports in Gaithersburg, MD (www.pro-imports.com) and Curry's Auto Service at multiple locations in NoVa (www.currysauto.com). I might go with this last one just because it's the closest. And I'll see if I can get them to shave off those damn tabs while they're at it.
Also check out quality tire down in woodbridge area right by potomac Mills Mall. Their exclusively a rims and tire place. I also remember they did fender rolling and were good at it.
Man, took me a while to figure out where the hell this thread was moved to.
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^^^ Yea I totally would do it myself, I read about a similar method, but I don't have either the tools or the garage to do the work in, so I guess I gotta hit up a shop.
Tools = bat, jack, and hair dryer.
Garage = a scrap of pavement you can claim as your own for an hour.
For something easy like this, I'd seriously trust myself over any shop. If they charge more than a half hour labor, it's a rip-off - and I suspect it'll be more than that.
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Do you really have to though? I remember doing it to my friends car with a baseball bat cuasing the paint to have those spider web cracks on the inside of the fender. Couple months after that happening it started to rust.
Man, took me a while to figure out where the hell this thread was moved to.
Regional forum? WTF? Now no one will see it.
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Tools = bat, jack, and hair dryer.
Garage = a scrap of pavement you can claim as your own for an hour
Yea but I've got no place to plug in said hair dryer when I'm out on that pavement. I can only do things that don't require power in the parking lot (adjusting teins, etc.), hence my second question in the original post.
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