Fender Rolling

[Kilboy82]

This is a question for those who paid a body shop to roll their fenders... How much did you pay? How many hours did they tell you it would take and what is the labor rate. I was quoted 3 hours each side at $55 per hour, for a total cost of $330. Is this in line with what others have paid?

[bran1093]

i got both my rear fenders rolled for 100$ total. They had my car from 11am to 3pm.

[RazzinGTO]

Did they say that they weren't responsible if the paint chipped?

JR

[Rob@WretchedMS]

I'm not sure how far you are from Westfield MA (01085) but you can rent my roller if you wanted to try it yourself.

PM me if your interested.

[ElPasoGoat]

I bought a cheap, child's wood baseball bat for $17 bucks. It took me about two hours to complete the job. (I suggest that you take your time to minimize the chances of paint or fender damage). I spent another hour touching up the paint on the fender lip.

[05 red tomcat]

do it your self it doesnt take that long and get a heat gun to soften the paint

[r.mauldin]

I bought a cheap, child's wood baseball bat for $17 bucks. It took me about two hours to complete the job. (I suggest that you take your time to minimize the chances of paint or fender damage). I spent another hour touching up the paint on the fender lip.


Dont be telling people to roll with a bat. You can easily get a nasty permanent wave in your fender from that. If you had an old honda civic I would say use a bat. On a new car I would get a grinder/cutter and cut the lip. An angle grinder and some touchup paint will do the trick.

[Cool_Hand_Luke]

Buy your own fender roller. $225

I'm thinking about doing it because no shop around here wants to do it. Most claim they never have heard of such a thing.


http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=6159&itemType=PRODUCT

[wild goat]

Dont be telling people to roll with a bat. You can easily get a nasty permanent wave in your fender from that. If you had an old honda civic I would say use a bat. On a new car I would get a grinder/cutter and cut the lip. An angle grinder and some touchup paint will do the trick.

I agree. I know people are rolling them, but I'm not sure how much additional room you get with rolling compared to grinding. I did my yesterday with the help of a friend who has the tools and I can tell you that fender lip is THICK, 3 layers of metal. We cut it with a wheel, then ground/sanded the inner lip. Took about 2 hours to do the job. Just grinding you would be there all day, rolling, I guess it can be done but I would think that there's a big risk in chipping the paint if not that day, it may show up in the future.

[JayC'sG]

i got both my rear fenders rolled for 100$ total. They had my car from 11am to 3pm.

+1 $100 for me too.

[zeagle3]

tire /wheel installer did it. took multiple visits and paid only for repainting.

[zeagle3]

$ 200 for painting. Wheel/tire installer rolled fenders for free.

[mhoglund]

I paid $260.00, but they also sanded and repainted the fender lips

[Kilboy82]

Thanks everyone for your input....

check my follow up thread.

[GTO Fan]

Dont be telling people to roll with a bat. You can easily get a nasty permanent wave in your fender from that. If you had an old honda civic I would say use a bat. On a new car I would get a grinder/cutter and cut the lip. An angle grinder and some touchup paint will do the trick.

I disagree. My body shop used a wooden baseball bat to roll the fender. Its a lot of work, but does a very good job. Cost less than $200 including sealing the inside of the fender to prevent cracking paint and rust. I would not cut the fender lip because it helps maintain the structural rigidity of the entire fender. Without a fender lip at all, your fender would be much weaker from lateral forces.