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Old 03-12-2011 | 04:12 PM
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After I get my bumper painted in 2-3 weeks when I have the free time can someone help me or let me know where I can get my fenders rolled??
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Old 03-12-2011 | 06:43 PM
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Old 03-13-2011 | 12:13 PM
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I've heard of the baseball bat thing, does this actually work? I mean can you make it look professional pretty easily?
Old 03-17-2011 | 04:00 PM
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LoL...has crossed my mind. But will be needing to get them done sometime in the next few months
Old 03-18-2011 | 04:09 PM
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Baseball bat and a heat gun, anybody has a heat gun?
Old 03-19-2011 | 03:23 PM
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hmm...I totally just f@#ked my fenders. One of the guys at work has a fender roller and did mine. Only he never did it on anything but BMWs. So now it's wavy as shit and the paint cracked all along the curvature...Someone tell me where I can get this fixed before I get it painted or the fenders start to rust out...
Old 03-20-2011 | 08:58 AM
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Did you use a heat gun or hair dryer to heat up the fenders before you started rolling them? are the fenders wavy in the front or back or all around?
Old 03-20-2011 | 10:05 AM
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lol, the s2k's fenders are much more delicate than most other cars and therefore are much harder to roll properly. That's why many shops won't even roll fenders on our car. Heat it up, work slowly and do multiple small passes.
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Originally Posted by DG
lol, the s2k's fenders are much more delicate than most other cars and therefore are much harder to roll properly. That's why many shops won't even roll fenders on our car. Heat it up, work slowly and do multiple small passes.
ha, no kidding . I used a heat gun but the paint started cracking on the first pass. Not a big deal since Im getting my car painted for free (either laguna seca blue or apline white). After he did the front ones and they looked like shit, I decided I wanted to get them done by a pro.

So...any references? I know all you guys have this done...
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