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Old Jan 12, 2008 | 05:15 PM
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Cool to trim or not to trim

hello there.

sorry if this has been discussed before but i just could not find my answer.
Ok. what would be better, to trim of roll the fenders?
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Old Jan 12, 2008 | 05:21 PM
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sorry, to trim or[B [/B] roll the fenders?
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Old Jan 12, 2008 | 05:23 PM
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I trimmed mine just because i cant find any fender rolling tool here in town.
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Old Jan 12, 2008 | 05:30 PM
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^^^^how did you do it? with a dremmel? was it easy?
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Old Jan 12, 2008 | 05:39 PM
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what would be easier, trim or roll?
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Old Jan 12, 2008 | 05:48 PM
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roll them, it looks better in the long run
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Old Jan 12, 2008 | 06:07 PM
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Roll, overall look is better and like Jameson said. IT would be better in the long run
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Old Jan 12, 2008 | 06:23 PM
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I had CBRD trim my rears. They look stock. You have to look upside down underneath the wheel well to notice. They also sprayed some kind of epoxy up there.

Maybe CHad can chime in to explain, but he recommended trimming over rolling.

Jason
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Old Jan 12, 2008 | 06:24 PM
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I would say rolling them is easier as opposed to cutting them. You can rent the roller here:

http://www.paradigmperformance.net/p...ll/roller.html

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Old Jan 12, 2008 | 06:25 PM
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Where are you located Cali? I would be intersted in taking a look at your fenders sometime. I'm about 45min. from CBRD.
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Old Jan 12, 2008 | 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackIX
Where are you located Cali? I would be intersted in taking a look at your fenders sometime. I'm about 45min. from CBRD.
I'm located in Shrewsbury, PA. About 5 minutes from the MD line around 83.
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Old Jan 12, 2008 | 06:29 PM
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Hmm, Maybe I'll see it next time there is an Evo meet at CBRD then
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Old Jan 12, 2008 | 06:42 PM
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^^^^how did you do it? with a dremmel? was it easy?
I used a dremmel tool and its not hard at all.
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Old Jan 12, 2008 | 07:16 PM
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thanks for the replies, for those who said that rolling the fenders would look and be better in the long run, why is that?
thanks
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Old Jan 12, 2008 | 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Cali2MDevo8
I had CBRD trim my rears. They look stock. You have to look upside down underneath the wheel well to notice. They also sprayed some kind of epoxy up there.

Maybe CHad can chime in to explain, but he recommended trimming over rolling.

Jason


I also had the guys @ CBRD trim my rear fenders to fit my wheels. I had a very lengthy discussion with Chad about the trimmer/rolling of the fenders. Chad's reasoning, which is very logical to me, is that on the Evo the rear fenders are double walled and when you roll them most of the time it puts a crease in the fender above where the fender flares out. Now, to the guy who said in the long run rolling is better I wanna know what your reasoning is for saying that. Like Jason's car you cannot even tell my rear fenders are modified unless you are upside down staring up at the inside of the fenderwell. To the OP they used an air tool with a cutoff wheel to do the cutting, but if you do it yourself make sure you get painters tape and tape the area around where you are cutting as to not burn your paint. Hope this helps.
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