Rolling fenders or cut fenders ? choice made!
 

hello all
well it seemed like i had a chance to give my friends
a ride in the 8 this week and noticed some rubbing on humps,dips
i check a couple of places and experts and they all reccomended not to roll the fenders even a known rim shop here in nj would do it but told theres a risk.

heres the risk i was presented if not done right and done right 1st time.

1.rolling fenders could cause paint to break/split
p.s happened before on my fd.

2.cutting wrong or if cuuter slips can cut outter fender.on this one
i thought to myself how can someone mess up.but the guy at the rim shop told me that it has happened before out of hunderds of cars.and if does i would have to have bodywork done.

so my choice was to get a well known body shop to do the work.
it just so happened my boy called me to pick up his 98supra t.t:)
from the body shop that had also painted some stuff for my fd and some of my friends rx7 in the past.
he measured it told me it rubs a bit and will cut a nice arch in fender wheel well till the outer weld tacks(no one recomended going past that at all.)

took about 2-3 hours to get done
he cut a bit of plastic black rubber that meets fener with bumper
or it will shave a bit with wheel.but you dont have too.
anyway picked it up picked up some heavy friends.lol
about 500 pounds combined.threw the fullsize in the trunk
put a jack back there and a weight.an went for the ride.
took some nice turns,humps,dips,short curbes and not one RUB AT ALL.im so glad.
teins here i come
will try to get some pixs later in the day but car is in garage and weather out here is nasty.

Re: Rolling fenders or cut fenders ? choice made!
 

i had my front fenders rolled. did a great job. at the end of the day, it all depends on where you go and who did the job. obviously they didnt do it right the first time :(

eric

so how much did they charge to roll or cut the rear fenders, if you don't mind me asking?

got them done for nothing (special mate rates etc..), but here in sydney australia, the market rate per guard/fender is about AUD$60.

eric

Re: Rolling fenders or cut fenders ? choice made!
 

Nice write up, Kel Rx8. But, um, wouldn't you have wanted to do this AFTER you put your Tein's on? Seems to me that if it doesn't rub now, and then you lower your car, you may have to do this all over again.

Good point, Paul.

It would depend on the point of the rub. If it's just rubbing the inside edge and not the top of the inner fender, no problem. Roll the inside lip and VIOLA! full travel inside the wheelwell withought slicing up your tires.

PS, mine are getting done tomorrow

i paided 50 bucks a fender worth ever penny
EZZY
im assuming you mean the fd also
cause the 8 i think is impossible to do the fronts if so they should be okay.

Omicron
thankyou
reason is if i lowered it before and im rubbing now with people
in the back i wouldnt be able to bare taking it out of the garage.
hope that made sense.
i will show you guys later some pixs what needed to be done
easy fix made my life easier.
p.s where the pixs of the teins omicron.
:D

rolled them up! no problems...

Im just curious how your rx-8 is rubbing because mine hasn't rubbed yet and after i got the tien flex kit put on it still doesn't rub and its lowered as low as it can go?

are you on stock wheels ?
my rear wheels is 20x10 45offset
on 275/35/20 tire. staggered:eek: ;)
well i can wait for sat to get my tein's installed
as of now no rubbing at all.will let everyone know.

on some iforge 19's...
245/30/19 fronts
275/30/19 rears

without rolling the fenders i would hear them scrape at every bump...now no more!

any pixs of your car ?

post some when i get back from los angeles...

ok that explains why your rubbing and im not since i still have stock rims on

Sorry for necro-bumping but I can't start a thread yet. I have 245/30R18's with 15 or 25mm offset (not sure) and I have severe rubbing with stock suspension. Do you think I could get away with fender rolling or should I consider changing springs.

Maybe I could use a spring compressor reversed to stiffen the springs without lowering the car?

Other ideas that don't involve changing wheels?

Do you need 245s? Could you go down to 225?
What camber are you running?

Also look for the Will it Fit? thread.

Tyres are new, I'd like to avoid replacing them (they were not my choice, the previous owner put them on, I just made the mistake of replace the suspension with stock - it had some busted maxspeed coilovers)

However the 245's are already stretched, I doubt 225's would fit.

No idea about camber. I guess zero. Can the camber be adjusted on stock suspension?

I'll look into the will it fit thread, thanks!