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  • Racer7R
    Junior Member
    • May 2011
    • 28

    #1

    Mod body help

    What is the best way to roll the lip on the wheel well to get rid of the sharp edge?
  • dirttrackrocker
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 664

    #2
    Originally posted by Racer7R View Post
    What is the best way to roll the lip on the wheel well to get rid of the sharp edge?
    An easy edger. They are pretty expensive though. Don't be fooled by the little vice grip looking things you see people selling, they SUCK!!! The only way to get a good hem on a curved cut is an easy edger.

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    • usafracer
      Senior Member
      • Jun 2010
      • 554

      #3
      I use a base ball bat. I take a pliers and curl the lip to where I want it at the top of the wheel well. Then I jack up the frame of the car and remove the spring. Lower the car and starting at the lip that you made with the pliers work either forward or back just rolling the bat along the top of the tire and the body.
      My sarcasm is a pre-emptive strike to your stupidity!!

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      • coleman63
        Senior Member
        • Oct 2008
        • 139

        #4
        I use linemans pliers and roll the entire wheel well about where I want it. Then I use a body hammer to smooth and reshape from underside of lip I just bent.

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        • SS Motorsports
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2008
          • 431

          #5
          Take a pair of regular pliers and weld 1/4 or 1/8 round rod on just the width of the jaws. You can do 2 qtr. panels in 5 minutes.

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          • the_chief_t3g
            Senior Member
            • Jun 2007
            • 2714

            #6
            take a 2x2 or whatever, slice a notch in it about 2-3 inches deep and round one side, and use that. I think Allstar makes one but its a lot cheaper to make your own.
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            • SnapOn35
              Junior Member
              • Apr 2011
              • 28

              #7
              SS Motorsports hit the nail on the head. We been doing it that way for years. Roll the front part out and from the joint of the door and quater back roll it under

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              • Racer7R
                Junior Member
                • May 2011
                • 28

                #8
                Thanks for all the responses.

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