Re: fender pulling

[driveaccord]

id like a little info on this too if anyone could share

[exelr8]

viewtopic.php?f=29&t=195 This has been up for a while now in wheels and tires

[exelr8]

You can take a lead pipe and jack the car up and roll them slowly that way, I would reccomend putting painters tape on your fenders to prevent paint from chipping

you can kinda pry it out. from what i am told. i know that works on the rears. im not really sure how to pull the fenders in the front

[stirfriedferret]

Lol.  You're going to pull your fenders? I thought we had a discussion about this at Saigon Eden and you said it wouldn't look good. :O

[driveaccord]

we need tim to chime in here.....thx for the input so far.....and newspapers between the wheel and fender? what the hell...LOL

[Slammedk24]

I just litterally pulled my front fenders and on the rears I made relief cuts on the flnge and then used a pipe and just worked around the well

[OTSB708]

In the old days we just used a baseball bat with plenty of blue painters tape on the fender.  I dunno if I would try that now though.

[timot_one]

This really should have been posted in the Exterior Styling forum.

I think you guys may be confusing rolling and pulling fenders, which are two different things.  When I pulled my fenders in the front, I literally just pulled them out gently.  It takes time because the metal has memory and will try to go back to the old shape.  I can understand the newspaper thing, but I think the only "correct" way to do it would be to remove your fenders and actually use metal working tools to shape them.  Obviously, that's not exactly a practical way to do it.  If you're looking for a little more clearance, just gently pull your fenders a little at a time until you get the clearance you need.

[driveaccord]

thx tim and everyone else for posting here.....i guess ill be pulling on my front fenders then when i get my basics

[mnkyman]

Check out some auto shops in your area. I know there are a couple shops around here that do that...

pay ~200 and have a guarantee its done right (and the fact that they have experience) > try to diy and possibly bend it to far, or having something go wrong...

iono, just my 2 cents

[timot_one]

My experience has been that whenever you go to a regular auto body shop and ask them to do custom work they:
[list type=A][li]look at you like you're a fucking retard[/li]
[li]act like they don't know what you're talking about[/li]
[li]tell you they can't do it[/li]
[li]quote you some ridiculously expensive price for the work[/li]
[li]say they can't guarantee any custom work[/li][/list]

My recommendation is to either do it yourself if you are a DIY type of person and don't usually fuck shit up, or if you're not, go to a "custom" body shop.

[Slammedk24]

+1

[mnkyman]

well that's just the problem Tim, your going to " a regular body shop"...i guess i should of specified that i'm referring to going to an import shop or something. Maybe y'all don't have as many as we do here, but there is a shop for just about everything here....want to bag your car to the point where the frame is literally dragging?...well there are shops for that here lol

[timot_one]

Custom shops are few and far between up here in MA because most people just don't want to mod their cars since the roads suck ass.  I guess that's the difference between Boston and Houston.  I've ran into this problem at pretty much every shop I've gone to, so I just ended up taking matters into my own hands with the guidance of a friend of mine that does "regular old body work".