rolling the rear wheel lips

chrisjr77

chrisjr77

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how many guys on here have rolled thier wheel lips on thier mustang?

i have heard use a wooden baseball bat and slowly push down on the rear

some imput would great thanks in advance guys
 
chrisjr77 said:
how many guys on here have rolled thier wheel lips on thier mustang?

i have heard use a wooden baseball bat and slowly push down on the rear

some imput would great thanks in advance guys
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I put a few slits in my wheel lips and tapped it with a hammer untill it rolled. It takes time and patients and many passes to get it rolled, but mine are nice and tight. I have a 10" wide rim with 27X11.50 hoosier QTP. The baseball bat is too uncontrollable. i used a 3 pound sledge and alot of time. Cuting the reliefs made it easier.

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no need to cut releifs...

I had Todd at Reiters do mine. AWESOME work. Took him 15 minutes a side with a sledge...price was extremely reasonable. He rolled them from the 9 and 3 position too, from molding to molding, tight.
 
no need for reliefs, but it makes it easier for the lip wristed!

3lb hammer and 15-20min per side. did mine after the car was painted
 
Anthony said:
no need for reliefs, but it makes it easier for the lip wristed!

3lb hammer and 15-20min per side. did mine after the car was painted
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:gayno:....Guess i must be liMp wristed! Thanks Anthony:gr_rainbo:

I dunno everyone i've seen rolled withouth the reliefs were not as tight as mine...but maybe that's cuz of the limp wristed people who did them!?
 
i did mine with relief's and a body work hammer i still beed to go over with a 3 pounder its preety tight tho it wasnt hard eather
 
jus go done rolling the lips on the mustang!!!!

jus used a BFH and a brass hammer!!!!

they turned out awesome!!!!!!! no need for expensive tools just a hammer....lol
i will post up some pics a lil later
 
Fordguy said:
Do you have any pics? I want to do mine but I am not sure what method....did you heat up the paint an?
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no i didnt heat anything up...jus started with the 3lb hammer and kept goin around until it was pretty close and then i used a brass hammer
to finish it off...i will post up some pics tomorrow
 

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I'm gonna have to do this soon, just afraid of cracking the paint....seen methods that involve heating, and others who use a razor blade to just score the clearcoat to prevent cracking...what does reiters charge? If it is reasonable, might be worth it to have a metal guy do the work.
 
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