Arch rolling?

[Tidy Max]

Anyone had it done? did you have to get your wings resprayed or did you get frisky with the hot air gun?

[Jack]

Bodyshop did my old hatch without respraying.

[Pistol Pete]

Bodyshop did my rear arches aswell, no paint needed. I attempted my fronts: paint needed lol

[mayhem]

depends how wide you want. mine are rolled so far to fit 7j offset 25, so that needed paint lol

[L14MNP]

Make an arch roller and get out the heat gun if you are just rolling the lips lol

[Tidy Max]

haha how much did the body shop charge you chaps? just going to look up jap style flairing as dod has recommended it and im not quite sure what it is??

[MK999]

Wasn't that a video posted ages ago of a bloke ramming a scaffolding pole into his arches and driving back and forth? lol

[Rexy]

depends how wide you want. mine are rolled so far to fit 7j offset 25, so that needed paint lol

Ditto Pmsl

[L14MNP]

Wasn't that a video posted ages ago of a bloke ramming a scaffolding pole into his arches and driving back and forth? lol
Aye, probs the pink S14

[Martingsi]

Wasn't that a video posted ages ago of a bloke ramming a scaffolding pole into his arches and driving back and forth? lol

i done this to my old wings, but not using a scafold pole, worked really well as it goes and didnt scrub!

[marc novataken]

try trimming the arch lip with a grinder. worked with mine and dont affect the paintwork

[NovaLad]

If you do it yourself be carefull because it's sooo easy to crack the paint.
Take it to a body shop and if they crack it they can sort it out lol.

[Tidy Max]

anyone any idea how much it costs at a body shop? cheers

[Pistol Pete]

Will vary. Pop down and see them, they will give you a quote there and then.

[mayhem]

If you do it yourself be carefull because it's sooo easy to crack the paint.
Take it to a body shop and if they crack it they can sort it out lol.

arch rolling is at own risk.

[marc novataken]

i got quoted at £100-£175 per arch depending on rust etc

[NathanSRi]

on the rears of my hatch, the person that did it used some mole grips to start off bending the lip up slightly, then used a hammer to hit them up, but held on a piece of wood on the outside to prevent deforming the panel

[vaughanmc]

try trimming the arch lip with a grinder. worked with mine and dont affect the paintwork

Depends if its the front or back your taking a grinder to mate

The fronts should be OK but I wouldn't grind the back ones personally I'd get them folded-up instead of grinded off

As the back 1/4 panel is on with the spot-welds that are on the arch lip it could cause some long term problems with the panel if you grind off the spot-welds...

[CoolTiger]

panel hammer masking tape and dolly sorted :)

[Adam]

Just grind back to the spot welds, not past....
Thats what i did with mine to give a vit of extra clearence for track etc

[Iain]

I hit my rear arches up with a hammer/wood block and they needed a skim of filler after, not just paint lol

I've recently rolled a front wing by lying it flat face-down on a wooden table and hitting the lip with a hammer, and it didn't bend out of shape at all. Paint probably cracked though.