These fenders look rolled to you?

[NOMAD]

So I was doing my suspension swap and discovered an oddity. Looks like my fenders might already be rolled from the previous owner. Since I don't have anything to compare it to at the very moment, what do you think?

Both rear arches start a the center top and have a very even change in the lip. Looks like extra paint dribbles too.

If these are rolled, i assume it's somewhat mild? I'm figuring out what i want to go with on the wheel/tire and this might help.

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All of those shots look like factory rolled, all e30's come that way I hear, don't quote me I maybe wrong.

[Aptyp]

+1 doesn't seem rolled, looks just like my car

[StereoInstaller1]

Mine are mushed absolutely flat where I rolled them.

[e34john]

looks stock to me, I think they come from the factory that way to add some strength to them.

[NOMAD]

OK, I hadn't bothered to look at other cars when I had the chance.
So in order to fit wider wheels with low offsets I need to get that rear section flat and continue it around the whole fender?

I think the paint is going to go to crap if I do roll it due to the age and how thick it is down there.

[Mystikal]

Yeah, factory stupid half-roll. You'll want to continue that roll towards the front, which is about when you'll crack the paint and curse a few choice words. :p

No seriously though, it's possible. Good luck.

[StereoInstaller1]

Mr. Andersons car is the first I have rolled without cracking (except where it was previously cracked). We went pretty mild on the roll, but heated the hell out of it.

[E30_fiend]

There's a write up on here somewhere where a member rolled his fenders pretty severely and didn't crack his paint at all. He just had to get the paint hot as hell so it was flexible. Its possible to do it without needing paint work.




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[Aptyp]

as long as the heat gun is handy, and you have patience rolling little bit at a time, paint won't crack.

You may have to pull fenders a little too, other then just roll.

[bumblebeemer]

yea just take your time and only adjust in small amounts and the biggest part is KEEP THE HEAT ON IT and go slow and your paint wont crack.

[E30SPDFRK]

My fenders had no factory roll done to them, was it just a late model thing?