Roll Guards?

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

LOL oh, much more than that.... but most importantly, it means you're an idiot.

really... the way that read to me is that YOU are an idiot

[nisskid]

LOL oh, much more than that.... but most importantly, it means you're an idiot.

ok thanks, now i know not to give a shit about ur opinion next time i see one of ur posts.

ur probably one of those guys who sits in his garages in the nude polishing his skyline, with a container of polish in one hand, "some for you, some for me", then starts a thread when a rock bounces up and puts a chip in ur paint.

[tets]

lols my heat gun and mallet didnt do the job still sometimes rub when i go over big bumps.

so me n mate attacked it with heat gun and a pole.

A1 job of rolling guards

why pay someone when u can do it yourself.

[nisskid]

lols my heat gun and mallet didnt do the job still sometimes rub when i go over big bumps.

so me n mate attacked it with heat gun and a pole.

A1 job of rolling guards

why pay someone when u can do it yourself.

my thoughts exactly, poles ftw.

and i mean that in the most heterosexual way.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

poles heh....

[blags]

I got my rears rolled properly at Primal Garage (Melb westside) The fronts were mallet spec but didn't work to well and still scrubbed, might get a pole onto it.

[Turbz RB-25]

whip out the angle grinder, it works a treat! no paint cracks, no buckles, and does a much better job.

[nzm033]

i just got my rear guards rolled by Luis @ Drift Garage sydney

used to scrub and now no more

[smok74]

whip out the angle grinder, it works a treat! no paint cracks, no buckles, and does a much better job.

See what happens next time when someone accidently leans or bumps on your wheel arch a little hard, especially the front guards. The factory lips are folded back at 90 degrees like that for a reason, to maintain the integrety, strength and the general shape of the wheelarch. Grind it off and you've weakened it.

Edited April 30, 2009 by smok74

[smok74]

i just got my rear guards rolled by Luis @ Drift Garage sydney

used to scrub and now no more

What did u pay ? I was quoted $200 a corner at a place near Gilford

[Turbz RB-25]

See what happens next time when someone accidently leans or bumps on your wheel arch a little hard, especially the front guards.

You cut just before the spot welds to avoid this. It's still firm as a rock.

[nzm033]

What did u pay ? I was quoted $200 a corner at a place near Gilford

$30 a corner

[nisskid]

See what happens next time when someone accidently leans or bumps on your wheel arch a little hard, especially the front guards. The factory lips are folded back at 90 degrees like that for a reason, to maintain the integrety, strength and the general shape of the wheelarch. Grind it off and you've weakened it.

exactly, as a minimum u want to keep the lip, just folded up against the guard.

[tets]

pole takes like 5 mins a corner not even.

driving to a place to get it professionally done and paying someone 40-50 a corner and seeing them do it in a few mins.

rather do it myself. and save time and money.

but if u guys like to get your tires professionally shined etc

go for it =]

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

depends... i got athid to roll mine professionally and the job is PRO...

will do it myself for my pig.... but not the line

[nisskid]

yeh, there's no right or wrong way to go about it, if u dont plan on scrubbing rails or walls and u want ur car to look clean, professional is the way, but if ur not really fussed about minor details and u just want some more clearance, pole/hammer/clamps are fine.

[Mr. Keets]

GOD SOME PEOPLE DONT DESERVE TO OWN SKYLINES !!! YOU CRUEL BASTARDS !!! GRINDERS ? HEAT GUNS ? F*CK ME !!! FOR F*CKS SAKE, HAVENT YOU PEOPLE EVER HEARD OF 'DO IT PROPERLY OR DONT DO IT AT ALL ??????'

Dude, Ive had some workshops quote up to $200+ for each corner...... Your best bet is, get yourself a 'guard roller', Its a device, you remove your wheel, bolt it to the hub, and it contains an arm and a roller, starting at the middle, you work your way back and forth and tightening it up as you go, slowly and surely pumping it out, professionals use the same tool. Ive seen it for sale at VG AUTOPAINT at Girraween (NSW) for about $150 !!! you could even start your own business and get your money back after one job LOL

http://www.toymods.net/forums/showthread.php?t=26928

Go to this site, its got all the pics of what Im talking about.

Hope this helps.

Thank you for that pearl of wisdom Captain Obvious. As for the heat gun idea, applying heat during the procedure is acceptable practice. It's great that you take pride in owning a 'Line but FFS dude, lighten up.

[smok74]

Thank you for that pearl of wisdom Captain Obvious. As for the heat gun idea, applying heat during the procedure is acceptable practice. It's great that you take pride in owning a 'Line but FFS dude, lighten up.

Just so that people know, hitting the wheel arches with a grinder is in fact defactable - cutting into the main body. I mean, if the cop was stupid an un-observant, then it's all good, but these cops are becoming smarter and more clued-on within the modifying circles - lots of cops, especially highway patrols, are rev-heads themselves and if they really want to defect a wheel arch that been angle-grinded, then you're f*cked... If I was a cop, Id do exactly THAT to be a pr*ck just because that kid drives a Skyline ..... and dont say it wont happen....grinding the lip off weakens the entire wheel arch etc etc...you can return a pod filter to 'factory' with the stock airbox, but what are you gonna do about the hacked up wheel arch ? find some new guards and replace them I suppose....pretty easy huh ? especially those rear ones.....

[nisskid]

i havnt grinded mine, mine have been through regency as is and arent "defactable"

[Lewis26]

Some useful ideas, thanks guys!