Fender Finisher,has anyone tried it?

[rmcat]

thinking of rolling the rear fender of my car and saw this fender finisher made by Eastwood,looks interesting and the price is pretty good as well,wondering whether someone here has used it

http://www.eastwood.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/p38824.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v_KdONArm0

[rmcat]

btw,is hairdryer hot enough to heat the paint to prevent cracking or a heatgun is necessary

[Donutz]

You can rent a proper fender roller from nextmod. You want to get your paint up in the range of 125 - 140 degrees to roll the fenders; but that said, I can't tell you if a hair dryer will heat the paint to that temp.

[Default User]

I used to use a towel wrapped around a baseball bat and my buddy's sisters hair dryer to roll the fenders on our civics. Mind you - this was a 91, 93 and 96 Civic that had super thin tin sheet metal.

These Fender finishers looks more like it folds or pinches the fender in - as if using padded pliers. Rather than rolling the fenders up and in.
If that's the case, I think it will fold/pinch the outside of your fender also.

[rmcat]

You can rent a proper fender roller from nextmod. You want to get your paint up in the range of 125 - 140 degrees to roll the fenders; but that said, I can't tell you if a hair dryer will heat the paint to that temp.

i'm from montreal and it's pretty hard to find a fender roller for rent locally,poor me...

[Kappa]

..... try living in NB... then come talk about not having any place for car stuff ... so there lol

[Donutz]

Dang! Try contacting PSI tuning or WolverineOttawa and see if they know anyone who can hook you up. They are a little ways from you, but they might know someone. Also try mazda quebec forums, if you haven't already. I suppose you could go with the baseball bat, but it is a brutal approach to rolling fenders (maybe get PVC pipe as it's softer). The key is to make sure your paint is up to temp; that said, with this car it is highly likely no matter what temp you get the paint to, it will crack.

[Nextmod]

lol we do roll fenders but it will be a little hard if you are from Montreal

if you even close to Markham let us know =)

we can even rent you the roller if you pay shipping =)

[rmcat]

lol we do roll fenders but it will be a little hard if you are from Montreal

if you even close to Markham let us know =)

we can even rent you the roller if you pay shipping =)

how much the shipping would roughly be?

[Fobio]

how close are you to the states? I've been thinking about getting one from Harbour Freight...

[rmcat]

how close are you to the states? I've been thinking about getting one from Harbour Freight...

I'm about 360km from Harbour Freight...
you've been thinking about getting the fender roller or finisher?

I found the finisher on ebay for around $65 shipped

[Fobio]

I'd use a roller...and I agree, our paint is shit...best forget a hair-dryer and wait til summer...leave the car outside in the sun...

Also, if you get a rolller, you can rent it out to your local board to re-coup your costs...

[S.F.W.]

When rolling your fenders on the Mazda 3, you have to assume your paint will crack. Even body shops I had spoken with who do fender rolling said, 99% chance your paint will crack.

[rmcat]

maybe it's wiser just to cut the inner fender part...

or just roll them and put these on after
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9959/mazda3mpsextremeed9.jpg