Fender Rolling to Fit Larger Wheels

[Kirk]

I FINALLY got around to rolling the fenders on my 2000 S. I went home for Christmas and picked up the necessary tool for this precision job - an aluminum baseball bat! I am glad to report that the whole thing was a huge success. I used a heat gun to thoroughly heat the paint before rolling and I got zero cracks in the paint on the surface. Inside the fender I tore up the paint with the bat, but I'm not really concerned about that. I probably made the paint too soft with the heat gun, but I was also pressing and rolling pretty hard with the bat. I got the fender lip pretty darn near flat!

I'm taking the car into a body shop tomorrow to get some side skirts installed, so I won't have a chance to test it this week. If this fender rolling didn't take car of my rub issue, then I'll have to go back and get an alignment again and get the rear camber pushed from negative 2.0 to 2.5 or so...

So if any of you guys want to roll your fenders, the baseball bat method does indeed work on the Boxster. Just take your time and use some heat to soften the paint.

Kirk