Roll or Cut fenders?? + tires..., **added Healthy stretched tire pics Options

[808celica]

I didnt wanna pay $60 per fender and some guy to molest and touch my car. so i sat down with the die grinder, welding mask, and a beach towel and started cutting my fenders.
My weapon

The leftovers

Passenger side



Driver's side




10mins each fender.

Procedure:
-Lift rear end
-Take off wheels
-Scrape inside fender lip to get rid of the dirt and what evers behind there
-Lightly graze the fender lip with the die grinder to make a guide line
-Cut deeper in the line (I made 6 passes to make sure i had a good clean cut)
-When satisfied with the clearance put wheels back on and call it a day.

Used the welder helmet so i dont burn myself cuz those sparks get really really hot.

Then I used a wood block and a hammer to lightly roll the fresh cut area so it looks cleaner and to protect from anyone getting cut. Gonna sand and touch up paint the area later whenever i feel like working on the car again So it doesnt start to rust and rot away

This post has been edited by 808celica: Oct 17, 2009 - 7:58 PM

[Harold_Fastwaker]

Then I used a wood block and a hammer to lightly roll the fresh cut area so it looks cleaner and to protect from anyone getting cut. Gonna sand and touch up paint the area later whenever i feel like working on the car again So it doesnt start to rust and rot away

At first I thought this was going to be a question of which to go. But apparently not.


Yes, you need to grind down that edge. I have heard of people running flushed up wheels slicing their sidewall. Hence, why most people choose to just roll the fender. I have heard of people complaining that cutting the lip weakened the fender. Since it did not have the arch to support the fender it can collapse easier. (This is more of a drifting issue though.)

Good job on the cut though. Looks pretty clean.

[808celica]

lolz yeah the fender well seems a little more flimsy now its alright i dont plan on hitting it anymore.

[playr158]

Yea this would be the incorrect way to go about that. You should have gotten a fender roller and a heat gun and done it the proper way. Cutting is an extreme resort to this needed solution. But either way you got the job done and if you are happy with it thats awesome

I would suggest getting some black paint on that cut edge though to cover up any bare metal left over

now MOAR LOW!

[808celica]

lolz yeah i know. rolling is the best and most absolute way to make more clearance...... i just didnt feel like having someone else molesting my car. I will get some paint in there I know i know more low I can go more, but i cant get out of my driveway Might as well get those "AirPro" kits from D2, bags with adjustable dampening Oh yeah there is enough lip left to get it rolled when ever i do get it rolled

This post has been edited by 808celica: Oct 16, 2009 - 2:21 PM

[Harold_Fastwaker]

lolz yeah i know. rolling is the best and most absolute way to make more clearance...... i just didnt feel like having someone else molesting my car. I will get some paint in there I know i know more low I can go more, but i cant get out of my driveway Might as well get those "AirPro" kits from D2, bags with adjustable dampening Oh yeah there is enough lip left to get it rolled when ever i do get it rolled

Hunt around for someone who you can rent the roller from. I paid $40 to roll all mine from a local guy. He just stood by and gave me some pointers but I did all the work myself.

Or buy a roller yourself and charge people $40 or $50 to roll them while you stand by and give pointers.

[808celica]

lolz i was thinking about buying one $350 shipped not too bad.

[trdproven]

yup what dan said. But i was gonna ask if your fenders lost its rigidity and I guess you did since you said it got flimsy. If a fender roller was used, your fenders would still be strong. But anyways, why did you have to cut it, you werent rubbing?

[808celica]

too much - camber. didnt wanna wear out my new tires its a little flimsy i left a good amount of lip so it can be rolled whenever i get my +20 offset rims on stretched mofo tires for that "hellaflush" look

[Tigawoods]

looks great man!
ghetto rigged that fender

saw this a couple years ago
do it like this lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWMKM6wcvEo

[Stambo]

dont forget your pink spray paint!

[808celica]

reason why i cut. camber bolts not maxed out.......yet w/18's on


This post has been edited by 808celica: Oct 17, 2009 - 7:51 PM

[808celica]

225/35/18 Yoko Parada Spec 2 (if i had a choice i'd wanted to stick with these but in 215/40/18)


215/35/18 Goodyear Eagle F1 All season (Tires SUCK!! but $220 for both mounted and balanced who could resist) Healthy stretched



kinda giggling when i saw this



if i had a choice on tires up front i would've had Yoko Parada Spec 2 215/40/18 all around (dunno if they make this size). 205/40/18 Dizzeras if they had in stock that day

I wish!!!! that and no fender liners


+ cambered the rear, too lazy to + camber the front, raised the car cuz ^^^bumper is hash. 5mm spacers in my tool box, too lazy to add them on.


WOah!!! amber to clear markers

Lots of tires

[hurley97]

The leftovers

OMG!! I couldn't bring myself to do that to my car, plus cutting anything like that on and car in new england leads to bad bad things I don't even want to imagine.

I couldn't get a fender roller so I ended up buying a cheap heat gun and making Dustin ghetto roll my fenders because I couldn't even bear the thought of swinging a hammer near my car, at least if it was Dustin that messed it up I could just blame it on him.

Did that completely solve you're rubbing issues? Mine was pretty bad before modifying the fenders, now its ok for me but I can't have any passengers in the car or it still rubs sometimes.

[Harold_Fastwaker]

I am confused.

I are running positive camber to make it look flush?

[808celica]

no i just needed to make my camber + so i can save more tire life. it had sooo much - camber

[SwissFerdi]

You're crazy...but don't 215's look too skinny on an 18" rim? I'm running those and they're alright for 17's. I would imagine they're too skinny for how flush you want your rims to sit.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Oct 17, 2009 - 9:47 PM

[808celica]

Zish flush..........well later in the future


and yeah.......they're skinny and ****

the crazier i am the better

anyone ever though about Bosozuka exhaust pipes??

[SwissFerdi]

So why go for those if they're too skinny?

[808celica]

price up front