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[RoostKing]

Down the road, I plan to lower my SRT by about an inch all around, and get some wider tires and or rims, something like 315/40 or 45' on 20's. I know rolling the fender lip is an option, but what is the drawback? How much gets rolled, does it chip the paint where it gets bent upwards? I know there are tools out there to do it, or a pipe/baseball bat can be used.

Any pics and advice??

[StevoHemi]

I think Sam runs 315's on his RT which is lowered. I also believe he runs a 5 mm spacer. Not sure if he has rolled the fender. I am sure he will jump in here and let you know. I saw this technique done on a hot rod show on tv about a year ago. The guy used a baseball bat to do the job.

My next boots will be 315's. I am currently running 295's, lowered and with no issues. There are a few clips on Youtube. This one doesn't have audio but he uses a tool specifically designed for the job.


Stevo

[ScapeGoat]

I have done a number of mustangs. Anyone can do it. You just have to be very slow a patient. If you start to rush you will fuck up

[deef1999]

Sawsall

[Boatman]

Heat gun on the paint to get it a bit more flexible so it don't crack. I do have one little crack in my paint.

Besides that the other draw back is the fender liner don't fit right. Sam used a heat gun on the liner as well and was able to pull it out enough to stay in the fender. I have not tried that yet but it sounds like it would work fine. You will need the fender rolled with 315's but they are really nice tires and look and perform great.

[HemiSam]

Yeah....the tool listed. I think Edelbrock knocked it off and sells one for not a lot of money. If you had a few dudes interested, you could share in the cost and ship it around. I had to take a 3lb hammer to the inner wheel well...if you run your hand on the passenger side with the wheel out you'll feel it at about 2 o'clock if memory serves me. About 10 o'clock on the driver's side. Then heat gun to the inner wheel well liner.

I started by taking a hard mallet and tapping that inner lip up. It's not pleasant but I didn't have any problems with the paint. Then I took it to a shop that used that machine...nice folks. There's one spot the young buck got carried away on nobody would notice if I didn't point it out. The owner refused to charge me so when I bumped into him running his TT Porsche 911 at the Mile I had a nice bottle of vodka and gave it to him. Great guy. That rolling helped some but I'll have to see when I get some real 315's on there here shortly how much more room I need.

I saw a really nifty approach that sounds bad but worked good on youtube. They took a soft book (I think on a 350Z...can't recall but it was a Japanese make) and they laid it on the tire and then dropped the car down and the book rolled the fender pretty damn smoothly. I thought that was rather clever.

HemiSam

[NOT SURE]

Yeah....the tool listed. I think Edelbrock knocked it off and sells one for not a lot of money. If you had a few dudes interested, you could share in the cost and ship it around. I had to take a 3lb hammer to the inner wheel well...if you run your hand on the passenger side with the wheel out you'll feel it at about 2 o'clock if memory serves me. About 10 o'clock on the driver's side. Then heat gun to the inner wheel well liner.

I started by taking a hard mallet and tapping that inner lip up. It's not pleasant but I didn't have any problems with the paint. Then I took it to a shop that used that machine...nice folks. There's one spot the young buck got carried away on nobody would notice if I didn't point it out. The owner refused to charge me so when I bumped into him running his TT Porsche 911 at the Mile I had a nice bottle of vodka and gave it to him. Great guy. That rolling helped some but I'll have to see when I get some real 315's on there here shortly how much more room I need.

I saw a really nifty approach that sounds bad but worked good on youtube. They took a soft book (I think on a 350Z...can't recall but it was a Japanese make) and they laid it on the tire and then dropped the car down and the book rolled the fender pretty damn smoothly. I thought that was rather clever.

HemiSam

NO shit man!! Thats genius!
The ole phone book trick!

Down the road, I plan to lower my SRT by about an inch all around, and get some wider tires and or rims, something like 315/40 or 45' on 20's. I know rolling the fender lip is an option, but what is the drawback? How much gets rolled, does it chip the paint where it gets bent upwards? I know there are tools out there to do it, or a pipe/baseball bat can be used.

Any pics and advice??

295's and no rolling nessesary!