It'll be worth the trip to LIC, those guys have a pro rolling machine and will do a nice job. The baseball bat technique can leave uneven rolls.

 

not to jack this thread or anything, but i also need to roll my fenders but dont want to risk the baseball bat method. anyone know where i can rent a fender roller? or a cheap place to get my fenders rolled? thanks

 

the problem is you should be running a 40 series tire not a 50 series does not look like rolling the inner lip will help very much specially if you get passengers in the backseat
there is a shop on alumrock called extreme they are the ones who rolled my fenders as far as i know autoinnovations does not do fender rolling and mpj did not when i asked before they may have gotten a tool since they changed shops i dunno.
your welcome to look at my fenders if you want but your setup looks pretty wide offset wise.

 

Hey dude, I'm not 100% sure it'll be the same, hence you have an Legacy and I have a WRX. Hopefully it'll look good if you decide to go back to stock in the rear.

I sent you some pictures in response to your PM.

 

MPJ rolls fenders, last time I was there the tool and a heatgun were sitting right by the door.

 

hey Aldouse, go talk to my friend Vic Costelli at Costelli and Pardini on 24th and Palm Ave. in San Mateo, he'll do it. tell him i sent you

 

I would suggest going to a professional place with a professional style fender roller. You do not want to use the baseball bat method, yes, it works, but often will chip the paint on the fender and give undesired results. I highly recommend finding places with the professional roller and looking at the work they do before settling on where to get your fenders rolled.

 

They dont do it for customers though, since its an at you own risk thing

 

I believe my quarter panels were destroyed with a professional style fender roller. My friend did his '95 RX-7 with a Louisville Slugger without cracking anything. It has a lot more to do with the person behind the tool than the tool itself.

+1 for LIC - I haven't been to them, but I have confidence in their work based on what I have seen and discussions I have had with them.

BTW - my rear fenders are "rolled" on my GM6 and with 225/50-16 S0-3's it still rubs, but only on the left... Only on hard bumps as well like hard twisties or a liesurely drive down 101. I would like to get the rears somehow flared, but that would require all new bodywork since The Masters used body filler when they *cough* "fixed" my car.

 

i was about to say..... you rub with 225's.....


i rubbed with 225/40/18's on my L, but thats because i have a bent piece of suspension ****ing up the geometry.....

 

try remove the rubber liner along the lip and see if it still rub. If Legacy has one that is.

 

well problem solved.

lic + fender rolling = $240 (all 4 fenders) + gas driving so far.

going back to stock springs = $180 @ auto innovations.

riken raptor 215/45r17 tires installed = $360.



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which do you think i did? lol. woohoo new tires for me. wooohooo i'm broke even more!

 

woo hoo, baller status 4 j00!!!!!

 

problem could have been solved by selling those wheels and getting a different offset.

 

yea.. but i really like the rims. and for the price i paid... it was just so worth it.