Fender rolling... anyone do it, any downsides?

[thedoctorisin]

I have a "new" set of old school cragar rims that are looking mighty fine on my 79' cutty but the rears are about an inch too wide and will rub when I have a full tank of gas and/or go over big bumps on the freeway. My car had the trim around the wheel wells, I was thinking that might cause and issue trying to have them rolled.

Does rolling the fender drastically reduce the fenders strength?

Has anyone rolled them with the trim in place or been able to make the trim work with it?



The tire is 245-60-14... Rim is 14X8 I believe, may be wrong but not sure on exact specs.

 

[Oldsmoletick]

I rolled my quarters years ago (10+) on my malibu, no ill effects from it, I'll have to look, but I can't remember if I put relief cuts in or not. As far as the trim, that depends on how creative you are, I eliminated mine, but it's possible to still have it on, if you really want to.

 

[GhettoRacingKid]

there is a thread on this. many pages if i remember.

I rolled mine a few months back.

its a pain in the A$$... to save the trim you can cut hte heads and the ends of the screws off with a dremel.

I removed mine but thats what I was planning on doing anyway.

 

[84sbcregal23deg]

if you're going to stay with that size tire, i'd imagine you could try another offset with a little more backspacing (unless that wheel isn't offered) and leave the lip alone. mine are rolled, and really just barely needed it even with a 275/60R15 drag radial. but no, there are no ill effects of rolling the lip, other than like already pointed out, the trim has to be modified to get put back on. did mine with a baseball bat and a heat gun.... no trim though.

 

[xitabl442]

I pounded mine up with a dead-blow hammer. My car had no trim though.
If you can't get the screws loose on the trim, try tapping the top side of them with a small hammer. I used to do it all the time 'back in the day' when the cars were common in the shop. Also tap the screwdriver into the screw head to make sure it is bottomed into the screw. Most times if I tapped the screw from the top first, and then twisted the screwdriver as I tapped it into the screw, they would come loose. I think Snap-on or Mac even made a specialty screwdriver to remove these kinds of moldings. It hooked around the top of the wheel opening and had a ratchet style handle to loosen the screw as you held pressure on the screw head.