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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 03:39 AM
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I was wondering how you guys rolled your front fenders (thread is for those who have rubbing issues in the front).
Did you guys take out the fender liner (?). How much did you guys roll?

Pics would be awesome.

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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 04:05 AM
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Pull the front's by hand and heatgun (or remove) the liners. Depends how much room you need.

The rear you pretty much have to roll and maybe trim the metal seam where the bumper meets if it hits there too.
Old Jun 3, 2010 | 04:08 AM
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Originally Posted by kileil
Pull the front's by hand and heatgun (or remove) the liners. Depends how much room you need.

The rear you pretty much have to roll and maybe trim the metal seam where the bumper meets if it hits there too.
rears are pretty much done so no more rubbing
so pull the fronts??? w/ hands??? will it even move haha
Old Jun 3, 2010 | 04:30 AM
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yes, i used a baseball bat and a heatgun, ground off the bolt that held the bumper to the fender and then removed a fair amount of the lip. But i ran a LOT more aggressive wheel than you can dream about
Old Jun 3, 2010 | 04:32 AM
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i have no fender liner!.. i rolled mine with a heatgun and hammer!.. and went down a size in tire i still rub so going to go down another size in tire!...
Old Jun 3, 2010 | 04:33 AM
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hmm...how about the plastic rounding thing that is inside the fender? the things that are hold by the plastic black thingies
Old Jun 3, 2010 | 04:35 AM
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i have no liner!.. took it all out!...
Old Jun 3, 2010 | 04:39 AM
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ah~ so that's called the liner ok ok haha
dam...then my CAI is going to expose the filter lol
Old Jun 3, 2010 | 04:41 AM
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yea mine is exposed also!.. lol!.. oh well!..
Old Jun 3, 2010 | 05:02 AM
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get a filter sock for it to keep water from making it in.
Old Jun 3, 2010 | 05:04 AM
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water will still get in with a sock. Suction is suction. You don't need to worry unless your filter is fully submerged in water.
Old Jun 3, 2010 | 05:04 AM
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i have the trd cai so it has a bypass on it just incase it does..
Old Jun 3, 2010 | 05:36 AM
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Originally Posted by night87
rears are pretty much done so no more rubbing
so pull the fronts??? w/ hands??? will it even move haha
Oh yeah, the front will easily pull out by hand. Only down side is you might get 1/8" gap the next time u unbolt the bumper. the plastic insert that holds the 10mm into the fender is pretty weak.

What you need to to do really depends on the sound your hear. If its a little "shh" its just the plastic liner, so heatgun that and push it away. if its "SKKKT" its metal so pull.
Old Jun 3, 2010 | 08:04 AM
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Will, get a CAI bypass valve and and CAI hydroshield. Remember these are water resistant not water proof
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Yeah...got nervous when I took my liner out. The filter was damp so I converted to SRI. A hydrosheild should help but I wouldn't trust the filter exposed in front of the tire.
Old Jun 3, 2010 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ScionSnowman
Yeah...got nervous when I took my liner out. The filter was damp so I converted to SRI. A hydrosheild should help but I wouldn't trust the filter exposed in front of the tire.
i think i'm going to cut the liner instead of taking it all out. like that japanese dude on youtube who worked on the pink car ^^
Old Jun 3, 2010 | 02:59 PM
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Yea I cut my liner and then rolled the fender with a pvc pipe.
Old Jun 3, 2010 | 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Young-Gun
Yea I cut my liner and then rolled the fender with a pvc pipe.
pvc pipe~ nice nice.
i like how a lot of people DIY'ed this and saved a lot of money
props to all of you guys!
Old Jun 3, 2010 | 03:23 PM
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yea i got my rear fenders done professionally, but the fronts are 100x easier (less metal to fold).
Old Jun 3, 2010 | 04:08 PM
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Hey nitght come down to Ontario, my friend has a roller. He did mine.
Did anybodys paint chip off while doing this?



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