- Ah!
- Oh, this is taking all of my muscles.
- You can pay a pro 280 bucks to come roll your fenders
or you might be able to get
the same results using one of these.
Are the risks worth the savings?
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- Hiring a pro can be expensive,
but doing stuff yourself can sometimes be scary,
frustrating and you might even want to give up.
Now, you guys know me.
I'm always trying to do stuff myself,
but with certain jobs like the one we're gonna
be doing today,
if you don't do it right, your risk ruin your car
and that's not what we want.
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So you just got your sick
new set of wheels and you got your fitment dialed.
That means there might be some rubbing.
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When your wheels and tires are super flush with your fender
you can rub your fender, your fender liner.
You can damage the paint, hell,
you can even rip your whole fender off.
So when it comes to getting your fitment perfect
you might need a little extra clearance that comes
in the forms of rolling your fenders.
And you can see we've got some pretty tight clearance.
We might need to make some more.
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A pro uses specialized tools and experience
to roll your fenders.
Basically bending the metal without damaging your paint.
It takes 'em anywhere from 75 to 95 minutes
and it'll cost you around 250 to 300 dollars
for a whole car.
But if you're really
on a budget that old baseball bat in the corner
of your garage might be able to give you the same results.
Let's find out.
Our pro is gonna roll the fenders
on the driver's side of the car.
And then when he's done,
I'm gonna step up and try my hand
at this on the passenger side.
Take note that dent was already there.
Today our pro is David Pham.
You can find him on Instagram at mrsexys2k.
Okay. All right.
Well, we appreciate you, David.
Thank you for coming out.
So what's this chunk of blue steel on your lap?
- So pretty much this is a fender roller it mounts
to the hub and you put lug nuts on it
and it'll just help roll your fenders.
- Nice. So, I mean these aren't too terribly expensive.
Anybody can really buy one,
but what's the learning curve like?
- Anyone could technically do it,
but it's just you know how you do it,
but the roller, you can pull it out too much.
You can, warp it up,
have it come out like very bacon, so.
- [Zach] It's probably pretty easy
to like crack your paint too.
- [David] Yeah, the paint is the number one thing.
- So what's the difference between
like fender rolling and fender pulling.
- [David] So fender rolling is literally just folding
the lip against the panel.
And then pulling it is bringing the fender out.
- [Zach] And like actually changing the exterior look
of the car right? - [David] Correct.
- All right, well now that we know the basics,
I guess it's time to get this show rolling.
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- You get it? Ha ha!
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♪ You so sexy, sexy. ♪
♪ I like the way that you roll ♪
♪ Yes! ♪
♪ Do some flexin' ♪
♪ Curling, getting so swole. ♪
- [Zach] I better get to do sexy stuff to you guys.
(camera guy laughing)
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- So it looks like you're trimming the fender liner.
I was wondering about that.
Do you always have to trim it?
Sometimes have to take it out.
- You always have to trim it
on the outside because that's where it rubs the most.
You don't have to take out the liner
because it kind of gets more dirt into the engine base.
So the liner still stays functional,
as long as you just cut a small piece off.
- Sure, it's probably easier to trim it while
it's on the car right?
- Yeah, yeah, gotta mount the roller.
Some cars won't fit but majority
of European cars and Japanese cars will fit.
(electric motor whirring)
(heat gun blowing)
When rolling the fenders,
the number one thing is heat.
Heat helps you kind of shape the metal
and then kind of prevents the paint cracking,
which is the big thing.
- Yeah, it softens up the paint a little bit,
and let's it be a little bit more flexible,
but what if the car is vinyl wrapped or plastic dipped?
- With the wrap,
it's kind of tough depending on the brand.
Like it's, sometimes it will bubble up.
It's better to do the car before it's wrapped.
- [Zach] Yeah.
- [David] That way there's no issues.
- How do you know you've got enough heat in the paint?
Is it possible to heat it too much?
- I think 'cause I've been doing it for so long,
I know how much it needs to be.
You heat it up too much as you'll start to burn the paint.
- Yeah.
All right, so once you get the heat into it,
how long does it take you to actually roll it?
How many passes of the roller?
- The passes kind of varies,
I actually don't really keep track
of the passes.
- Is it kind of the slower the better
you really wanna sneak up on her?
- You don't want to go too fast.
You always want-
- It seems like something you need patience for.
Is that accurate? - Yeah.
You have to have a lot of patience.
- I have so much patience.
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- Give it a massage a little bit.
Don't apply too much pressure.
Too much pressure can lead to kind of,
the bulging and the paint crop.
So you always want to work it
in a tad bit, always go back and forth.
Never rush it, And donezo!
- Man that took forever.
It's been 14 minutes and 35 seconds.
- Yeah.
- I better pick up the pace. (David laughing)
- [Zach] Oh, that's a lot of clearance.
- [David] The looks a little bit smoother.
- [Zach] Yeah, honestly,
I think you did did this thing a favor
in terms of the overall fender shape.
And that is like fully folded over.
That's a lot of clearance.
(electric motor whirring)
- For the back,
I'm just gonna to straight up roll it,
the lip against the panel.
And it'll give you the clearance that you need.
Sometimes you can shave the rears, use the dremel, whatever.
- [Zach] But in this case we'll be able to fold it.
- You can fold it,
It's better to just shave like really like thick cars.
So if you roll like thick cars,
it's just still thick.
Even when you roll it.
- Yeah. Yeah.
The experience you have in doing this
lets you know that and I guess that is kind
of what you pay for when you pay a pro
to come do this stuff.
(leaf blower blares)
- Man, where all the dirt come from?
(car engine revving)
- [Zach] Oh hell yeah.
- Always wanna make sure the inside is clean.
So all that dirt doesn't get trapped in there.
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(heat gun blowing)
- Does this help?
Am I helping? - Yeah, you're helping.
- Good.
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- Oh yeah.
- There you go.
- Oh yeah, I'm really getting it.
- All done.
- Well, all right.
And in just under an hour,
54 minutes 50 seconds to be exact.
And that was with us talking
to a bunch of bugging near pointing cameras at ya.
- Hey
- So not too bad.
Look at all at clearance.
- [David] Sexy clearance.
♪ Sexy clearance, sexy clearance, sexy. ♪
♪ Sexy clearance, sexy sexy, sexy clearance. ♪
♪ Sexy sexy sexy. ♪
- Less than an hour to do the driver's side.
Now let's see how I fare.
All right, let's get this party started.
Good, solid start there.
Rights and left folks.
Rights and lefts.
First thing I'm gonna do trim the fender liner.
And I got a little utility knife with a fresh blade in it.
Get it.
I already can tell that I wish I had his cool stool.
I've never seen anything quite like it.
I gotta tell you.
I'm gonna order one before the day's over.
Now with the fender liner trimmed,
I'm gonna put the wheel on.
We still don't have a very big gap here 'cause
the car is pretty low.
The fat under the bat still isn't gonna fit through here.
And this is a pretty skinny bat.
So depending on your ride height
and how much clearance you have at full droop,
you might have to end up using the backside of the bat.
Okay, let me get some heat on this (beep).
It's like watching paint dry, but the paint's already dry.
(heart beat thumping)
All right, we got the fender nice and warm.
Let's try some rolling.
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As I come in here, I'm just making sure I'm
getting on that a little lip and folding it up.
It's kind of tricky to get this angled
so I can actually hit the lip I need to fold.
Definitely feels riskier than the tool method.
- I think the bat method might be a bad idea.
Doing yourself could lead
to like bending more at the body shop.
Just fixing what was chipped off,
what was warped up.
- What was that?
- Use a lot of heat and go very slow.
- Got it.
(David laughing)
- Oh this is ah, this is taking all of my muscles.
Oh man (beep) this can I use your tool?
This is way worse than if you have a fender roller.
This batting sucks.
(baseball bat banging)
All right, I'm getting a hammer.
This is a nice hammer for this type of thing.
This is a non-marring hammer, rubberized ends.
So you don't mar things, but if you don't have one of these
just a rubber coated, dead blow, like this will work.
(hammer banging)
The Hammer's definitely making quicker work
of this than the bat.
(hammer banging)
- [David] Keep banging, keep banging.
- [Zach] Like that?
- Yeah, like that. Harder!
- Pop a little bit of that dent out while we're at it,
what do you say?
(hammer banging)
- You know, I'm about to call that done.
Our lip is flipped up in there pretty tight.
Didn't break any paint,
and we even made this look a lot better.
I wouldn't say it quite looks
like it was done with a fender roller kind looks
like it was done with a hammer.
- Good job young Padawan.
- Thanks man.
Clearance, clearance, clearance, everything.
Prices slashed front fender took a whopping 37 minutes.
So I'm definitely moving a little slower than David,
but that's not really what I'm worried about.
Let's try to do a good job.
The thing I might use the fender roller on the rear
and see how that goes.
Because in my opinion, a fender roller is a cheap
enough tool that you could reasonably buy one.
You can get 'em for 60, 70, 80 bucks.
Let's find out how tricky one is to use.
(electric motor whirring)
Yes, more heat master, more heat.
What you think dog?
How am I dowing?
(dog howling)
- It's definitely a lot easier and a lot more chill,
a lot less nerve-wracking than using a baseball bat
or a hammer.
It feels like you can really sneak up on it, you know?
All right.
I'd say that's a rolled fender
and we didn't even crack any paint.
I mean, apart from all the paint that's missing
on the inside from rubbing but not bad.
I think I got it just about as good as David
and it probably didn't take me too terribly long.
The tool was kind of convenient.
Oh, 59 minutes, 38 seconds, just under an hour.
And only about five minutes longer than David took.
I'll take that.
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All right, the fenders are rolled.
The job is done.
But now it's time to reflect
and really talk about how this went
and whether or not it was worth doing it myself.
He would've charged us $280 to roll all four offenders
on this car.
I spent much less than that,
figure about 10 bucks for a baseball bat.
You might have one laying around.
10 bucks for a dead blow hand hammer
and figure about 20 to $50 for a heat gun,
which you also might already have.
And if you don't, maybe you could use your mom's hair dryer.
I think it's totally reasonable to buy a fender roller.
I ended up using David's.
He got that for about $80
but you can get one just like it on car parts dot com.
So that brings us to a grand total
of about 120 to 150 dollars.
Just about half of what David would've charged us.
And then we've got the tools to do it again in the future.
But how much effort did I have to put in?
It wasn't easy.
I definitely broke a sweat.
I really don't ever want to have to roll a fender
with a baseball bat again,
I was struggling a little bit.
Oh, but as I got going with offender roller,
I feel like I got the hang of it pretty quick.
Now let's talk quality.
Arguably the most important bit of this whole thing.
David's quality was impeccable.
I mean, that's what you expect from a pro right?
My quality, I think is pretty close to David's.
There's definitely a few spots where I was
getting a little worried
but I was able to smooth it out.
Though it did take me a little bit longer.
Not too terribly bad if I do say so myself.
If this is the kind of thing you're into,
you've got some spare time
and you don't mind making the investment into the tools
because you might use 'em again, then hell yeah.
Get in there and DIY it
and you'll learn a little along the way.
But if that doesn't sound
like the kind of thing you want to do
or if you have a car that you are very particular
about and don't wanna trust yourself
there's no control z on cars.
Then heck you a hire a pro,
that's what guys like David are for.
They'll come to you.
Roll your fenders and leave you
with a perfect job rather than messing it up,
like you might
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of DIY or don't.
I hope you learned a thing or two along the way,
and I hope you enjoyed the video.
Special thanks to David for coming out
and helping us roll our fenders.
You can follow him on Instagram at mrsexys2k
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