Fender Rolling/Cutting Problems

[IROSSGTO]

Hey guys

I dropped my car off at a shop the other day to get my fenders rolled for my new wheels and tires. The mechanic had a $400 rental tool that I believe is the same one that Top Shelf Performance rents out. The next day, he calls me and tells me that he can't roll the fenders.

He tried to explain it to me but honestly he just lost me. He said he got part of the passenger side rear fender rolled but couldn't even touch the driver's side rear fender. I believe he said the problem was something like there being a gap between the fender and the wheel well that he had never seen on a car before.

I then asked him about cutting the fenders right up to the welds. He said he could do this but it would only provide about 1/8" of room tops. How much room did the rest of you all gain from cutting?

Anybody have any problems such as these while rolling the fenders or any ideas what the problem could be?

Thanks for any help guys

[Rob@WretchedMS]

Sounds like he doesn't know what he's doing.

I didn't know what I was doing when i bought the tool and did it myself, took 30 minutes and resulted in some cracked paint, but they were rolled.

[BIGRED1]

I cut my fender lips almost completely off. I put new panel bond on it and sealed it up. Works great.

[Freelancer]

Cutting got me 1/8" through 3/4" and cleaned the crapy job the factory did up real nice. Bonded after the cut, repainted and cleared. Looks better than factory.