ALPS
26-05-2013, 08:55 PM
Hey All
Got my self some new wheels and then a guard roller. Rolled and pulled my own guards over the weekend. Actually wasn't as bad as i was expecting it to be. I went a bit aggressive on the pull because it is my daily and didn't want to run a lot of camber.
Wheels and tyres are Enkei RPF1 18x9.5 +45 with 230/40.
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k494/Alpish/IMG_1319_zpsa54fca1c.jpg
I used a dremel to cut off enough of the liner around the guards at the front. Gave it a very good clean. hooked up the guard roller and tried to adjust and see how it was all going to work before i started the roll procedure. This is where i stuffed up. while trying to play around and adjust, i didn't notice how sensitive and brittle the paint was before heating it up. it cracked almost instantly with a tiny bit of pressure.
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k494/Alpish/IMG_1372_zps654486ad.jpg
it took me a while to figure out how hot i could go without damaging the paint and cracked some more. you can actually go pretty damn hot! you know when the heat wave hits and the road is just too hot to touch, like enough to cook an egg on it.? about the same as that. even a little bit more. and then it rolls like a soft tortilla.
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k494/Alpish/IMG_1377_zps391409db.jpg
The down side about the front fenders on the s2 is the triangular tabs and not an actual whole same size lip all round/like the rears. I should have cut these triangular tabs off and made the lip same all round. the area where the tabs were more reinforced and caused the roll/pull of the fender to look warped. I did go very aggressive though and is the reason why it warped so much, i did it knowingly. If i was to do just the lip and not pull, would have been a lot neater.
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k494/Alpish/IMG_1379_zpsde715298.jpg
For the rear, first thing i did was remove the rubber on the lip and then clean the area all up. the amount of dirt build up due to no liners on the rear was disgusting. covered my brakes with a rag, then soaked the whole inner with WD40, wiped it all off, made sure the lip was clean inside and out.
I trimmed the usual rear bar area where the tyres rub, relocated the bumper tab and then got to the rolling, i stopped the roll at the section on the lip where there is an added layer of metal. i trimmed the rubber piece i took off to fit on the rest of the lip where the roll stopped.
over all, i cracked the paint a lil on the front lip over a silly mistake which pissed me off, but i learnt from it and the rest all came up amazing! especially the rears. were a lot easier because of the consistent lip size.
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k494/Alpish/IMG_1384_zps7de7e176.jpg
Got my self some new wheels and then a guard roller. Rolled and pulled my own guards over the weekend. Actually wasn't as bad as i was expecting it to be. I went a bit aggressive on the pull because it is my daily and didn't want to run a lot of camber.
Wheels and tyres are Enkei RPF1 18x9.5 +45 with 230/40.
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k494/Alpish/IMG_1319_zpsa54fca1c.jpg
I used a dremel to cut off enough of the liner around the guards at the front. Gave it a very good clean. hooked up the guard roller and tried to adjust and see how it was all going to work before i started the roll procedure. This is where i stuffed up. while trying to play around and adjust, i didn't notice how sensitive and brittle the paint was before heating it up. it cracked almost instantly with a tiny bit of pressure.
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k494/Alpish/IMG_1372_zps654486ad.jpg
it took me a while to figure out how hot i could go without damaging the paint and cracked some more. you can actually go pretty damn hot! you know when the heat wave hits and the road is just too hot to touch, like enough to cook an egg on it.? about the same as that. even a little bit more. and then it rolls like a soft tortilla.
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k494/Alpish/IMG_1377_zps391409db.jpg
The down side about the front fenders on the s2 is the triangular tabs and not an actual whole same size lip all round/like the rears. I should have cut these triangular tabs off and made the lip same all round. the area where the tabs were more reinforced and caused the roll/pull of the fender to look warped. I did go very aggressive though and is the reason why it warped so much, i did it knowingly. If i was to do just the lip and not pull, would have been a lot neater.
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k494/Alpish/IMG_1379_zpsde715298.jpg
For the rear, first thing i did was remove the rubber on the lip and then clean the area all up. the amount of dirt build up due to no liners on the rear was disgusting. covered my brakes with a rag, then soaked the whole inner with WD40, wiped it all off, made sure the lip was clean inside and out.
I trimmed the usual rear bar area where the tyres rub, relocated the bumper tab and then got to the rolling, i stopped the roll at the section on the lip where there is an added layer of metal. i trimmed the rubber piece i took off to fit on the rest of the lip where the roll stopped.
over all, i cracked the paint a lil on the front lip over a silly mistake which pissed me off, but i learnt from it and the rest all came up amazing! especially the rears. were a lot easier because of the consistent lip size.
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k494/Alpish/IMG_1384_zps7de7e176.jpg