Newspaper Rolling Fenders?
08-10-2009, 03:07 PM
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Newspaper Rolling Fenders?
Have you guys heard of a newspaper roll/pull? its an alternative method to rolling your fenders. apparently its popular among the 240sx crowd.
quoted from other forums:
"You jack up the car, put stack of newspaper between fender and tire and drop the car slowly. Then you drive front and back slowly. You can shove newspaper as you roll too."
"you grab a stack of newspapers (or phone book), jack the car up, stick the newspapers between the tire/wheel and the fender, lower the car, then have some fat friends (actually, i'm pretty fat myself. didn't really need any friends HAHA) jump up and down in the trunk. it'll push out the fender just enough to fit whatever wheels you have on there, and keep the original fender shape."
The guy who said the 2nd quote is referring the this car
Interesting method. I've done the baseball bat, lead pipe, and hammer methods before on my previous cars. My tC was rolled using a fender roller.
the owner of this car said the rear was newpaper rolled
quoted from other forums:
"You jack up the car, put stack of newspaper between fender and tire and drop the car slowly. Then you drive front and back slowly. You can shove newspaper as you roll too."
"you grab a stack of newspapers (or phone book), jack the car up, stick the newspapers between the tire/wheel and the fender, lower the car, then have some fat friends (actually, i'm pretty fat myself. didn't really need any friends HAHA) jump up and down in the trunk. it'll push out the fender just enough to fit whatever wheels you have on there, and keep the original fender shape."
The guy who said the 2nd quote is referring the this car
Interesting method. I've done the baseball bat, lead pipe, and hammer methods before on my previous cars. My tC was rolled using a fender roller.
the owner of this car said the rear was newpaper rolled
Last edited by HKSpeed; 08-10-2009 at 03:48 PM. Reason: added more photos
08-10-2009, 04:39 PM
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I have just recently had someone help me to roll my fenders with a roller, and just let me say that if you don't have a heat gun, be ready for chipped paint. I think that newspaper rolling could turn out really good, but you will definitely need a heat gun! 
08-10-2009, 06:23 PM
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i havent seen a tC DIY, but there's a bunch all over the internet for other cars (google fender rolling). There's also youtube videos. its the same process for most cars (tC included).
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08-10-2009, 07:44 PM
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http://www.rollyourfender.com/index.html
Do it right the first time. The tools are available for rental with instructions, and the cost will be a lot less than repairing damage if it happens from the phone book method. Try to get several people to chip in and do all the cars at once to cut the cost down.
Do it right the first time. The tools are available for rental with instructions, and the cost will be a lot less than repairing damage if it happens from the phone book method. Try to get several people to chip in and do all the cars at once to cut the cost down.
08-12-2009, 01:19 AM
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the 240 guys prob do it because alot of them dont give a crap what their cars look like because theyre just drift *****.
i prob wouldnt do it unless i was already planning on re-painting.
i prob wouldnt do it unless i was already planning on re-painting.
08-15-2009, 11:21 PM
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Newspaper rolling seems the same as a hammer, mallet, lead pipe roll. Hell, I know some people that used wrenches, thick screwdrivers, and even a police baton.
Veering a little off-topic: I know this was probably discussed before, but how exactly did you guys roll the part where the fender meets the rear bumper? I dremeled the rear bumper but the fender part is where the tires rubs.
Veering a little off-topic: I know this was probably discussed before, but how exactly did you guys roll the part where the fender meets the rear bumper? I dremeled the rear bumper but the fender part is where the tires rubs.
08-15-2009, 11:46 PM
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Newspaper rolling seems the same as a hammer, mallet, lead pipe roll. Hell, I know some people that used wrenches, thick screwdrivers, and even a police baton.
Veering a little off-topic: I know this was probably discussed before, but how exactly did you guys roll the part where the fender meets the rear bumper? I dremeled the rear bumper but the fender part is where the tires rubs.
Veering a little off-topic: I know this was probably discussed before, but how exactly did you guys roll the part where the fender meets the rear bumper? I dremeled the rear bumper but the fender part is where the tires rubs.
i used the black heavy duty cutting wheel and cut that part off lol.
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