CHILD'S *EK* ... finally i have an EK
- Thread starter CHILD
- Start date
Looks good as always
DAMN that car looks good. I know it's buried somewhere in your postings, but would you mind sharing the sizing/offset of your wheels? They line up beautifully with the fenders
15x8 +25 205/50/15 yokohama S drive tires, no camber kits, rolled fenders and a light pull.
EX Coupe 98
Registered User of What?
Hi CHILD,
Would you mind sharing how you rolled your fenders and the light pull ?
this would be a big help to me.
Thank You
~D
Would you mind sharing how you rolled your fenders and the light pull ?
this would be a big help to me.
Thank You
~D
I did the old school way, because i'm old lol. I used a ball peen hammer, large rubber mallet, and a flat piece of metal to pull. I've done body work in the past so I had some confidence going into this. I took my time working around the entire arch with each set of hammer blows with a palm flat against the outside edge of the fender. I just worked back and forth until I got it as flat as possible. Then I set my coilovers to their lowest setting and slowly dropped the car with my jack and gently pulled on the fenders with the flat bar until my tires could clear the fenders with the car all the way down on the ground. Doing it this way ensured that I wouldn't rub at any point throughout the range of suspension travel. Then I raised the car up to my desired height which reduced some of the negative camber and gave me that flush look without making contact. It's a long tideous process.
EX Coupe 98
Registered User of What?
Thank You man 
I have read a lot of threads in my time and yours is the BEST.
very impressive
I have read a lot of threads in my time and yours is the BEST.very impressive
so it means to roll the edge so that it doesn't have that channel on the inside and then pull the edge out. i need to see some picture of this, i hear it about this more and more, Specially for the really low cars. i wonder if anyone's ever cut the edge instead of rolling, or flared it out . That should also help with the tire contact.
People don't cut the lip of the fender because it would be sharp, then you'd cut into the tires if you ever made contact like in a turn. Some have flared the edge out but it looks stupid like that and tends to ruin the fender anyway.
Photo examples...
Stock quarter panels with the metal lip sticking in and the too low of an offset wheel a simple drop. Clearly needing a roll and pull.
Fenders rolled and pulled even to clear at any height.
Best view i have from underneath and before i cleaned up a bit.
Stock quarter panels with the metal lip sticking in and the too low of an offset wheel a simple drop. Clearly needing a roll and pull.
Fenders rolled and pulled even to clear at any height.
Best view i have from underneath and before i cleaned up a bit.
My coupe and the hatch have 99% of the same parts lol. But yeah, i wanted a genuine spoon spoiler for it.
Thanks for the info!
i guess you could leave a little bit of the lip on there so there's enough to roll the edge so it would not be sharp. by any chance you have a video of you rollin' and pulling? i would like to see that. .
What would be the point of a little lip and rolling....it'd be just the same as a full lip rolled. No video of me doing it. Didnt think to record myself banging on a civic for a couple hours.
I didnt use a heat gun when i did mine. You can use one to try to not chip the paint, but i didnt care about that. All my chipped paint is out of sight and then i just scuffed and painted over it just for rust prevention.