Guard rolling

[Sigmaproject]

Anybody ever use the services of a professional guard rolling service.

http://sydneyguardrolling.com.au/

These are in Sydney, but will travel to Newcastle or the Gong. I will email them for a quote

[13bsigma]

my girlfriend's baleno's guard's paint cracked. gee say that out loud haha. so i'd say an older cars would crack too. i've hear that heating the guards prevents that, but not sure. .

[dvsfin]

you are suppose to use a heat gun to heat the paint and do it slowly

[13bsigma]

i thought so. bloody suzitech. lucky we got the car resprayed after!!!!!

[Sigmaproject]

Well the guys name is Nelson. Mobile 0432109331 . He charges $65.00 per guard for a Sigma.

He will also travel to my home at Maitland NSW to do the job for an additional $120.00. Which is pretty good for a 3 hour return trip.

Over $250, but once it is done , it is done forever.

[13bsigma]

the baleno got done for $150. . .

[karl_2ltgc]

Just do this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LdDAa6TNWE

[Sigmaproject]

Gee, thanks for your help Karl

I was probably thinking more along these lines http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoa6a-Qt ... re=related

[karl_2ltgc]

Well its more the fact that your sigma has a few years on it an using one of those guard rolling tools is rather likely to crack your paint anyway... They are good for new stuff as the paint wont be a as old and the panels are much thinner so bend with less force, older stuff they are a bit hit and miss.

Hell ive pumped the rears of my galant with a bottle jack against the chassis rail and a bit of wood lol. When the car gets painted all that stuff will get fixed up so I'm not too worried. But i got +10 13x7's and a scorpian diff thats wider than the galant diff by 40 or 60 mm or something...

[Sigmaproject]

The paint is already stuffed around the wheel arch from continually having the tyre grab the guard lip. And then me having to hammer it back into shape.

Also a problem is that the metal is double thickness at the lip because of the steel inner guard. Not clip on plastic inner as in newer cars

[woops]

I'm just wondering how good a quality this would be for standard home use.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/FIRSTINFO-Auto-C ... 414c509bb6


Here is a couple of other which have been on the Australian ebay recently but i don't see all that much difference between them and the first one apart from the colour of one of the adjusting knobs. He seems to have pretty good feedback for everything else but for only a 7 day warranty I'm a bit dubious about it coming from Taiwan.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Guard-Roller-20- ... 3a583d264f

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Guard-Roller-r32 ... 335a6a069a
This one steals an image from the eastwood ebay page but the second pic shows it as a generic brand.

They have the eastwood fender rollers available over on the US ebay and i'm still awaiting a reply to if they would send over here. I don't even know if they would be that much better and i suspect shipping would be a killer.


I'me even contemplating just going to the scrap metal yard and getting the bits and pieces to fabricate my own except all i have is a crappy arc welder. I should be able to cut everything needed here i think with angle grinders and drill presses and just get a spacer to use as a adapter plate.

[l200sr]

hey i bought one off ebay cant fault it heard its exact same as eastwoods ones. Ive rented it out to few people already nearly paid for itself. Good Luck
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... :MESELX:IT