Fender Rolling

[hatchgrafix]

In the end it all depends on your wheel offset.

[soul rebel]

Looks more like you pulled your fenders than rolled them. Looks good though.

[Mr.Squeelerz]

Old thread

Looks good though. I really need a serious fender rolling in the back before I get my camber straightened out. Love the wheels. I'd like to get a set of those.

[armyjeffries]

resurrecting an old thread. AlaskaBlue, clear your PM inbox!! lol

[mohaughn]

He hasn't been active on this board in well over a year or so...

[AlaskaBlue]

Howdy. It has been awhile on here huh. If you need help let me know.

Have an 2003 M3 now. Still miss the ti on a regular basis.

[My98Rot]

275s in rear, i know a roll is needed, but i'm not sure if I need a huge roll or a wider rear fender.

[cooljess76]

Originally Posted by My98Rot

275s in rear, i know a roll is needed, but i'm not sure if I need a huge roll or a wider rear fender.

Are these the 19" Hamman's you posted about? Dang dude, how much power are you putting down?

[RAiMA]

I rolled my rear fenders a while ago to fit some wider tires.

The setup I have are the 17 x 8.5 5 spoke rims from the 2.8L Z3, and I was running 255/35/17 (I think). It looked bad ass from the rear.

The rear would rub whenever the car bogged down from take offs. I eventually just saved myself the hassle and put the 235s back on.

With the new turbo build, I'm thinking of putting the 255s back on, but I'll need to revisit the fender rolling to see if I can get more clearance.

The rear fenders were professionally rolled out. They attach and arm onto the wheel hub which has a roller at the end and apply force to the fender. It provides more clearance by reducing the size of the lip around the fender.

From memory I couldn't roll it any more if I wanted to maintain the stock look. I'll have another look at it when the car gets back. Another option is I may to get slightly stiffer springs, but I need to think it through how this will effect the ride of the car.

Currently it's locked up in the workshop waiting for work.

[My98Rot]

Originally Posted by cooljess76

Are these the 19" Hamman's you posted about? Dang dude, how much power are you putting down?

139, i eventually want to do an ///M3 swap, but i don't have the funds to swap right now, so i figure i'll spend what i do have on things that won't be affected by the swap, like obviously it'd be stupid to put like 3 grand into an engine i'll basically be throwing away.

[davidkillion]

I think I am going to be a candidate for fender rolling really soon. I got ambitious and put 225-50's on the stock 15" wheels (Yok AVS ES100). They ended up hitting the Bilstein coilover on the inside front (wider near where the tire is than the stock strut). Unfortunately, I didn't have spacers available, so the old tires are mounted back on the fronts. 12mm H&R hub centric spacers are on order now --- unfortunately, 5mm won't work because you can't get the centering ring.

Even without the spacers, the tires looked like they were not going to tuck entirely inside the front wheel well. Once I shift the entire wheel 12mm towards the outside I am sure there is going to be an issue. I'm going to call Conversion Techniques in Oakland to have them roll them if necessary --- and probably have them do an alignment as well.

Nice work with the baseball bat, but I do not have those size attachments to attempt that job.

[Ragnorak]

Another thread resurrection!

For the record, you can fit the M3 staggered setup on a stock suspension easily without a roll. I ran the 225/45/R17 fronts with the 245/40/R17 rears for a while. I recently swapped over to a different wheel setup for the winter that looks kind of silly on the car.

Out of curiosity, can you roll the rear fenders without bending the flat lip on the fenders? I'd want to simply push the stock fender out another inch and keep it looking OEM in appearance. I really personally hate the super-rolled look I see on M3s all the time where the vertical lip is rolled horizontal to clean insanely wide wheels or low offsets.

AKA, not this where the fender profile is destroyed:

[Mr.Squeelerz]

Looks painful

[teetime4one]

I rolled my rears to make room for the style 5 wheels. There is a lip inside of the wheel well...just rolled it up flush with the flare and ya can't even tell.