Guard Rolling/flaring

[Craved]

im guessing this is the Burson's that has been mentioned

http://www.burson.com.au/allstores/Storehtm/store_search.htm

[BIGDADDY1]

yes it is bursons,they have a website but they dont have an online catalogue, but you call 1300burson

and ask for a fender roller.$175

they are all over australia, the closest one to me is seven hills , sydney

Another company can get them for 200 is AUTOLAC

They both have a 2 day wait on them cause they are shipping them up from melbourne ( same distributor )

That just about wraps it all up, now i have to get the tool and perform surgery on the guards

Keep you all posted!!!!!!!!!

[Craved]

yes it is bursons,they have a website but they dont have an online catalogue, but you call 1300burson

and ask for a fender roller.$175

they are all over australia, the closest one to me is seven hills , sydney

Another company can get them for 200 is AUTOLAC

They both have a 2 day wait on them cause they are shipping them up from melbourne ( same distributor )

That just about wraps it all up, now i have to get the tool and perform surgery on the guards

Keep you all posted!!!!!!!!!

ima gonna go to the penrtih one tomorrow and order one i think .. $175 is too good a price

[adam-__-]

Ah cheers for that guys! $175 is a very good price.

[Craved]

put my order in today - think it will be a little less than $175

its a shame though, because in july-august they were selling them for $129 in a sale

[adam-__-]

Why are they so cheap? I would've thought they'll be at least $400, but $129? That's crazy cheap.

I'm just gonna wait till the Christmas sales. I don't even have a licence or a proper car I can drive yet so no point buying it JUST yet.

[Craved]

Well i just picked mine up

normal chinese tool, but still sturdy and looks like it will do the job pretty well. hopefully i'll find some time soon to test it out

ended up getting it for $145 from burson's in penrith

[adam-__-]

Any chance you can post a pic up of it?

Let us know how it goes.

[Craved]

was changing some upper control arms, so while the wheel was off i bolted the unit on to get a feel for how it worked, fits good and will do the job.

there will be alot of adjusting involved since the wheel arches arent a perfect circle

also need to remove the calipers to get the unit to do a full sweep.

heres a pic - not bad for $145

[adam-__-]

Cheers for the pic mate.

Too bad you have to move the calipers to get full use of the roller. Damn 4 pot calipers.

[Edge]

I was thinking of buying a roller too, is it hard to remove those calipers?

[Craved]

I was thinking of buying a roller too, is it hard to remove those calipers?

nope not hard

only 2 bolts on the back and spreading the pads like you do when you change them

[Shypo]

Myself & a mate flared the guards on my S14 a month or so back.. Im running 18x9 +25ish on the rear of the car with the 265's which came with them & I have my car on the deck.

Her'es something different if your ballsy enough to try it worked awesome for me...

We used a jack handle first with a heatgun to roll the inner lip slowly driving back & forth.

Then once the inner lip was rolled we got 2 sheets of thin Ply, 2 very thin pieces of aluminium & a scissor jack for the flaring.

Put the scissor jack in your wheel arch & wind out so that it has alluminium then wood pushing against your guard slowly heat the arch & keep increasing the tension on the jack & it will push your guard out.. you will have to move the jack 3 or 4 times so you get an even flare but the results were excellent.. I got about an inch out of my guards with no cracking, so now I can fit my 18x10 +18's

Pics below... If any of you have seen standard S14 guards you will appreciate how much flare we have got in the 2nd pic..

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9025/flarejx1rb3.jpg

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/1746/flare2mo1li4.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6962/toolsoh2to7.jpg

Edited February 4, 2008 by Shypo

[SPINR33GTS]

We custom rolled my guards with a piece of round metal pipe lift car up put pipe in then roll the car with handbrake off worked well for free and about 5 mins work each front been done to au falcon too with custom paint worked quite well, i was like maybe abit dodgey but once it was doene came up a treat and 10 minutes i can do lol

[Tony de Wonderful]

What's the deal with rolling the front guards on a 33 GTST? Is it possible or wise? The inside of the guard is bolted to up right? Does rolling screw anything up?

[NZM.031]

there are heaps and heaps of threads on this dude..

no it wont screw anything up.. maybe your paint on the lip but thats it..

rolling and flaring are 2 different things. and both are only done to the outer skin... not the inner guard if thats what your referring to.

[Tony de Wonderful]

there are heaps and heaps of threads on this dude..

no it wont screw anything up.. maybe your paint on the lip but thats it..

rolling and flaring are 2 different things. and both are only done to the outer skin... not the inner guard if thats what your referring to.

Yeah, don't want to flare.

[32_Dave]

dont waste your money on the burson tool its a heap of shit, mine threaded on the first guard about 5 passes in. next time id pay someone else to do it. however i have welded a few nuts and a new bolt onto the burson tool and it has improved it out of sight.

and craved, the washers on the handle are to go under the wheel nuts. if anyone was wondering?

Edited November 28, 2009 by 32_Dave

[32_Dave]

another way is using news paper, heat up the guard after you have rolled the lip back, stack heaps of news paper in and then jump up and down on the back.

creates good fitment

[Beelzebub89]

needs more flush dave. Looks kind of mexicana atm.