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Hi guys I'm craig and I'm a newbie to the forum i really need my rear arches rolled as my banded steelies are currently catching. Do you guys know anyone in the Northwest or Midlands who would be able to carry out the work. I'm willing to pay for the work to be done, but I'm unable to find any places in Merseyside that complete such work. Hope someone can help me, thanks in advanced, Craig
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I've seen it done with the wheel a baseball bat and a troll jack and the end result was spot on .. but I don't know any one local to Birmingham . Most will only do it if your willing to pay for the repaint of it goes wrong . Which it normally does to some degree ... paint cracking or old filler falling of etc
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Ah thanks man, I'm willing to travel but really don't fancy doing a DIY job and messing it up thanks for your reply though mate Craig
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ChrisT
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These guys might be worth contacting - www.archenemy.co.uk/Well respected over on SXOC for their work.
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Archenemy are good - one of their guys showed me how to do it - I would offer to do yours as I've just ordered my own rolling tool, but I'm based in Reading so quuite a distance from you a small piece of advice if you do go down the DIY route, use a heat gun - warming the paint massively reduces the chances of it cracking, though there are no guarantees. and if you are flaring the arches rather than just rolling them back flat, you'll almost certainly end up needing a skim fof filler and new paint on the arches
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This guy is my hero.
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I've done loads of cars like this. Works GR8. The only problems I had were with the MX5, but thats because the back arches were made of filler, which all fell out. On most cars the paint will crack whether you do it with a "proper" tool or not, but it cracks round the corner, so you once touched up you'll barely notice it.
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Dez
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arch rollers are curse word. i bought one and sold it again as the scaffold pole with a bit of dollying is a much better technique.
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arch rollers are curse word. I bought one and sold it again as the scaffold pole with a bit of dollying is a much better technique. Pretty much my thoughts. Hired the proper gear, read the instructions did a load of research. Turns out on a Derby an arch roller is to big to fit if the suspensions already lowered. Which was a pain. Used the roller on the fronts though and depsite heating the paint etc still manage to crack the paint. Luckily it was only on the inside of the lip though. Used a hammer and a piece of ply for the back arches. Worked far better, got a smoother line and less paint cracking! Go figure
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Dec 11, 2011 23:07:46 GMT
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Any job that involves 5 hammers is just my handbag. Alex
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