I was just wondering who has rolled their fenders and how they did it.
I have found a few options
fender roller
baseball bat
crescent wrench and rags
shave them with grinder and cutoff wheel

i need to get more travel out of the rear but right now i can give it another inch or so but will be slicing my treads
so let me know what you've done

 

Are you sure you want to do this? I think it'd be a dirty rotten shame to take a beautiful truck like yours and wreck the sheetmetal on it... It's your truck and you can do as you please but the thought of this question makes me cringe......

 

do you have another option for me, im running 265/60/18's which are on the tall side but not very wide. if i want it to ride right i would need to go to a smaller tire like a 255/60
i want a 275/55 which will be a little shorter, but not sure were that will put me i dont want to eat a tire

 

You may want to try a 285/50/18. When I first dropped my truck I had 265/60/18 which rubbed pretty bad up front. If you look back at my recent pic thread, that is what size tire is on the old 18x8.5 Moda R7. I never had a problem rubbing with that combo.

 

ok i was looking at that size, but didnt thought it was too wide, but i guess i need to lose the height, thanks bigkid, thats what im looking for, and i was wondering what was on your modas... ive been studying your pics
thank you!

 

I rolled the rear fenders on my 57 chevy belair to fit a wider tire, I used a body hammer and dolly. I have seen people use a baseball bat also. There is a tool you can buy from Eastwood Co. that bolts to the hub and rolls them but its expensive. You could also cut the lip down to make it smaller. Rolling fenders is hard to do without damaging metal and takes experience. Go slow. The eastwood tool would probably be the best option, or find an old hotrod shop and someone there should be able to do it no problem.

 

I have used a baseball bat before, kinda a PIA, but this was on an old muscle car w/ thicker sheet metal than our trucks... What ever you decide get a heat gun too, you wanna slightly heat up the lip so the paint does not crack when you start rolling, not too much or you will burn the paint... I believe the east wood tool can be rented online, do a yahoo/google search for it...

 

As thin as the metal is on these trucks, you might could roll it with your hands.LOL.............Its a joke, I wouldnt recommend that.

 

I guess I just don't understand bastardizing a perfectly good truck

 

How is rolling the inside lip of the fender bastardizing? You don't even see it...