HowTo: Roll guards with a guard roller

[SeptemberSquall]

So has anyone in Melbourne picked one of these up?

what he said

[BMWTurbo]

I'm still waiting on mine... was told last week that probably another 2-weeks and I'll have it...

[Chrisso]

At this rate I may be in Brissy before someone from Vic posts to say they've got one! In that case, I'll keep you in mind BMWTurbo.

Or I'll stop being a tightarse and just buy one myself.

[blacktop]

I got one in East Melbourne

$20 weekend rate (pick up Fri/Sat drop off Sun)

Its a good one to, none of this plastic wheel dodgy weld shit.

And no i wont do it for you.

[Chrisso]

Sweet. I'll be in touch via PM.

[gearb0x]

hey guys, anyone in vic manage to buy one? Id love to borrow one for this weekend

blacktopspirit said he doesnt have his any more

[twentyEight]

I was thinking the same thing recently as Shelldrake needs to roll his guards also...

[joey]

A guy in bentleigh will do it for you for $100 with his roller, can give you his number if you'd like.
If you may not have heard i got this guy to try and do mine since i couldnt find anyone to borrow one off. Turns out my rear left lip is full of bog and my rear right has 3 large spotwelds for god knows what reason (but no bog) and the fkers wont bend. Anyone got any ideas for the rear right as to how i can get around the spotwelds to be able to get enough clearence for the tyre (rear left doesnt scrape at all but rear right tyre does scrape on the lip only when driving and you go over a dip in the road due to the tyre expanding i guess)?
Would it be possible to angle grind the lip away abit (sounds a bit dodgy) or even surface grind the face of the rim where it joins with the hub just a few mm's?
Im in a bit of a predicament as i'd eventually like to lower the car aswell.
Cheers, Joey

[ReQuieM]

Yeah I know a guy that will do em for about $60 a corner - Rolled not flaired, more for flairing. For that I'd rather buy one... Anyone else in VIC wanna put in for a communal?

TwentyEight did you get your MIG firing again? Apparently the brought ones need a wee bit of renforcement...

[ian]

hi guys
i am buying one this afternoon
ian

[shelldrake]

sweet. as before - will throw some cash your way to borrow it Ian.

[ReQuieM]

Yeah definatly, Happy to sling cash or booze to borrow it!

[Stefan]

FWIW, I have been told that you can do it in conjunction with a heat gun to stop the paint cracking. I've done a little ghetto guard rolling with a hammer on my car before, and the paint cracked from that. Of course, if you're respraying those panels anyway (I intend to) it doesn't matter so much, but it's still more prep time.

[twentyEight]

TwentyEight did you get your MIG firing again? Apparently the brought ones need a wee bit of renforcement...

Certainly did...

[ian]

i picked up the roller
it seems ok
the trick is to adjust it in a little at a time ]
ian