Thread: Want to go wider.

buy a fender roller, they are like 90 bucks. or search youtube for how to roll fenders with a bat.

The one I dealt with years ago when I lived in Savanna was J & S on the south side of town right across from Poopy's. I believe you'd get a good deal there. Why would you trust a shop in Chicago more than local? If something looked wrong when you got home and different wheels on, you would have to drive all the way back there. I'd rather drive 45 minutes to get something fixed. But give J & S a call or go down and see them.

Originally Posted by blackgrandprixgt

Yeah when I do upgrade to new shoes I plan on taking it quite easy. So you've seen 20x8.5s on without fender or side wall work?

never seen 20's but with an appropriate tire size so the overall hight is the same as stock, i dont see why a bigger wheel would be an issue. i do get a slight rub if i hit a pothole hard enough but it takes a lot. i also noticed that with my buddies GXP that when the rear squats down hard (lots of weight in the trunk) that the wheels tend to camber in so i dont think that you would have issues with rubbing especially if you could keep the offset around 45mm. my 38mm offset has a good inch of clearance to the strut so there is room to tuck them in a bit more or go to a 9 inch wheel. i can run up to 265 rubber without an issue. with a 20 and the shorter sidewall on the tire probably only be able to run a 245 or 255 without issue on an 8.5 inch rim.

rolling the fenders maybe adds a 1/2 of clearance.

i live in milwaukee if you want me to roll your fenders. i have a roller and have probably done 20 cars.

rolling the fenders with a roller will naturally pull them a little bit and probably give you another inch of clearance.

i don't make guarantees on paint. your car is old and it's almost a certainty that the paint will crack. i do my best to avoid it, but it's hard on cars with older paint that have super thick fenders (need more force to roll them).

i also don't charge $50+ per corner like a shop will. i usually work for beer.

i haven't done any 04+, but i've done a few 97-03. the only difference between cars ends up being how low the car is (the roller doesn't work well with really low cars) and what we do to the fender liners to make them work after we roll away the mounting points.

just let me know if you want me to make it happen. i have a pretty decent method fleshed out from doing a bunch of cars, but i can't ever claim to be a body shop and have perfect results.

I'd let Bio roll my fenders. The guy knows his way around a car.

I hear Easton makes some pretty nice fender rollers. Seriously though, I'd sooner let someone else do it than do it myself. I'd be sure to mess something up.

Originally Posted by bg138287

I hear Easton makes some pretty nice fender rollers. Seriously though, I'd sooner let someone else do it than do it myself. I'd be sure to mess something up.

Eastwood.
But I'm pretty sure they are still on sale. I just bought one

I was making a baseball bat joke :P

Originally Posted by bg138287

I was making a baseball bat joke :P

I thought maybe that's where you were going with it lol