Re: Fender flaring question

["Chris Chemidlin" <spredhaus@hotmail.com>]

When I Worked at the aftermarket joint in PA, we had one of those.  My 
boss told Claus from CEC to bring him one back from Deutchland . Maybe 
it's because Claus is insanely rich, but it was around $800 for the 
tool!  Im sure they're much cheaper now, this was like 2.5 years ago. 
Still, I don't think theyll  fall in the realm of the casual user... 
Maybe its time to suck it up and find some shop with it...

CHRIS CHEMIDLIN
http://www.spredhaus.com
http://www.angelfire.com/nj/spredhaus
58 Type1 Ragtop
84 Jetta uGLi







>From: XXSpArCoXx@aol.com
>
>	I just tried a new tire and wheel set up and I love it, But I rub a 
little
>even with totally shaved fender lips. Anyone know of a company that 
sells or
>makes a fender flaring tool. I was told a company called eastwood did. 
I
>couldn't find it on there online catalog but I did find some great 
tools and
>home powder coating equipment.
>
>	Now the tool I'm looking for is this weird arm thing that bolts to 
your hub
>and the other has a roller that rest on the inside of the fender. Then 
there's
>a crank that you turn to put pressure on the fender while you roll it 
back and
>forth building pressure forcing it out to where you want it. 
>
>	Now I know some of you are going to say use a HAMMER or jack the car 
up and
>use a BASEBALL  BAT to flare them out. No thank you its messy it never 
truly
>works right and I already tried it on a Honda (where it worked really 
well)
>and a My 16v rocco where it barely worked (I guess the roccos fenders 
are a
>much thicker metal then the Honda tin. No, I don't want to take it to a 
shop,
>mainly cause I'm car shopping for another toy car to mod and want to 
have the
>tools to do this anyway.
>
>So anyone know of a place that has this. I know BBS of America has one 
that
>they lend to shops but who knows how long it would to take to borrow 
this.
>Oh the wheels and rubber size is 205/50/15 on a 15X6.5 with a 35 mm 
offset.
>Just used it for a road rally this weekend and man was I happy with the 
way my
>Dunlop SP 8000 handled on the extremely varying terrain. Everything 
from dry
>warm pavement to Dusty fire roads and Muddy ice rain slicked dirt and 
gravel
>roads. I think I found a new Hobby.
>
>Thanks for the help
>~Danny~
>88 16v Tornado Red (no more yellow wheels)

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