Rolling inner fenders??

[92vig]

My friend wants me to help him put scissor doors on his 240 but I don't know what to do to roll the inner fenders or even where to roll it...anybody know?

[C91BLX7]

Tell him your busy that day.

[ChIoVnIdCa]

Tell him your busy that day.

lol

[92vig]

LOL...naw, he's my bro and it's his choice to do it. He's helped me out before so I'm gonna help him out. I just don't know what the hell to do, neither does he. He doesn't want to spend $1000 at the shop either.

[Sobeman81]

Tell him your busy that day.

Dang you're one helluva friend. :( lol. umm what are scissor door's? OR, are we talking about lambo doors??:shrug::confused:

[92vig]

Yea, lambo doors but I guess they are supposed to open up 90 degrees.

[blizzard335]

If you dont have a fender roller, do what I did when I rolled my fenders.

All you need is:

- Mallet
- Automotive hammer, or larger hammer if you need more bang bang boom
- Piece of wood (2" x 2") is good enough.

Jack up the car, remove the wheel, and place the wood on the inner lip of fender, smack away with hammer.

When inner lip has been rolled, use mallet to smoothen out the rolled lip.

[1lowcb7]

I was always told to use a baseball bat to roll fenders. Just jack up you car stick baseball bat in drop car down with the bat still in there an drive it forward till bat falls out. I read that in super street mag. but i never done it myself!:shrug:

[92vig]

Actually I don't think that's what you roll. Or is it?? I thought you were supposed to take the fender off and then do something. There is a spot you mount the hinge to and for the hinge to clear you have to roll the inner fender...are you sure it's talking about that lip on the wheel well? Doesn't make sense to me.

[blizzard335]

Rolling fenders is the act of rolling the inner lip of the fender to allow fitment of wider wheels.

Notice that there is a lip on the inner side of the fender, top of the wheel well. That is what you roll, to make it flush.

We dont have baseball bats here, so a piece of wood works just as fine

[1lowcb7]

sorry if i gave the wrong info:oops:

[cali-racer]

ur posting this in the wrong forum.

[92vig]

Yes, I know how to roll the fender lip to fit wider wheels. Sorry if I was not clear on what I meant. We aren't fitting wider wheels, we do not need to roll that lip. I don't know what we need to roll. All he was told was the inner fender needs to be rolled so that the hinge has clearance. So I'm assuming you take the fender off (part you see) and do something to that inner panel...

[blizzard335]

Roll the metal sheet to make it thinner? cause that's what rolling a metal sheet does, make it thinner.

Or roll the fender to make it 'wider' to facilitate some clearance for the gullwing hinge?

[92vig]

I have no idea man....it just says roll the inner fender. I haven't taken the door off or fender or anything because I don't want to start and not know what I'm doing and have to put it all back together.

[js593]

Ya'know.. im curious.. WTF does lambo doors have to do with rolling the fenders? Is your friend on crack? Doors have nothing to do with fenders.

[deevergote.]

The only fender rolling I'm aware of is the wheel well.

And yes, we have an "Other Automotive" section of this forum, complete with a technical/performance subforum. Beginner Appearance doesn't mean "throw all your random off-topic shit in here".

Call the company that makes the door kit and ask them exactly what they require you to do... or ask on a 240 forum, where they might actually know something about the cars.


I moved this to the proper forum for you.

[apuforyou]

I'm pretty sure it means to roll the lip on the fender where the door meets so the hinge will clear, same concept as rolling to fit wider wheels just on a different spot on the fender

[F20A CB7]

Yea, lambo doors but I guess they are supposed to open up 90 degrees.

Corect term is " vertical doors"