Whats involved in rolling arches and what tool is used?
Cheers Spadge...

 

Depends on who does it.

I the guys skilled he'd use hand tools (or on the other hand it could be a bodgit and scarper).

Or, one of these.

 

Cheers
How much is one of those?

 

http://www.frost.co.uk/productList.asp?catID=37

Ł265.00 inc VAT

 

Ł225.51

 

 

Not too much then
Anyone else want theirs done if i buy one

 

need both my fronts doing Jules

 

Cool if i buy one you can bring your car round for me to practise on so i don't ruin mine

 

If you do buy one , be careful and take your time otherwise you'll end up having to paint the wings.

Heat the area your rolling with a heat gun VERY gently, just enough to make it supple. Don't blister the fecker. If the area is stone cold, the chances are it'll crack the paint.

When you get the hang of it, you could make your money back 10x over

 

Ok mate cheers for the advice
I am a quick learner so by the time i have fooked-up Gracelands fronts i should be a pro

 

Good luck!

 

How much do decent places charge for doing the arches?

 

It all depends on the arches, fronts are normally easy due to the shape.

Rears Can be a pain depending on the shape.

I'd say Ł50-Ł80 a side depending on the car.

 

ya aint fooking mine up first - practice on some barryboy nova

 

Ok cheers
I was thinking along the lines of doing a few others once i have mastered it of course and just wondered what the going rate was. Are saff ones easy enough to do then? they don't look like they will be too difficult.
Also for anyone with a saff that has had the arches rolled - have you binned the plastic arch liners or secured them some other way???

 

on me old saff, the arch was rolled up and it clamed the plastic liner between the archlip and the arch - dunno if thats the right way to do it tho?

 

Ok mate i'll find another guinea pig

 

Personally I'd of trimmed the plastic arch and secured it after rolling the arch, but I'm fussy.

 

Saph won't be that difficult

Bearing in mind that any profit you could have made would be crippled if you crack the paint.

 

Could also be a bit dodgy if the arch disintegrates or half a tub of P38 falls on the floor

 

Thats an easy one, grab a tub throw it on and roll away

 

As said mate you'd make ur money back in no time but the advice about heating the paint first is right or it'll just crack the paint

Most places charge about Ł30 an arch not Ł50-80 but if u do it for enuff ppl wont take long to pay it off just make sure ppl are aware and maybe sign something saying the paint could crack then their fooked if it does

 

Go to a scrappy and practice away all day for free

 

SPADGE wrote:
How much do DECENT places charge for doing the arches?




I know a few people who have paid around Ł2-300 to have the fronts rolled

 

SPADGE - i've got one of these if you want to borrow it. its out on loan at the mo but if you only need it once i'll get it back.

 

my local halfords[ripspeed] did my old saph about 3 years ago, Ł45 front two arches only, and never cracked the paint.

 

i've used it a few times. tiny amount at a time and loads of passes. fold it over first then up rather than all in one go. as mentioned above heat it up to stretch the paint. if theres no filler and not shite french oe paint (pugs and citroens) it'll normally be fine

 

i done mine in work and tbh it was fooking easy, use a paint gun to head the paint so it stretchs and then the other problem ya then face is the shit in the inner arch not comming off


but lets be honest, if i could do it then ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

Price isnt important its the person doing it a mates bodyshop charges that and does a good job

I could charge u Ł500 for a full respray as good as if i was charging Ł1500 IF i wanted 2

 

what....what.... ?

its in ruislip at the mo but i'll soon have it back if needed

 

mines all sorted now

was fun though, never knew it was that easy, stipp had to grind bits off though

hows ya car running btw

 

sorted it today...

thats why i'm up and drinking! celebrating!
#

was SHITE magnacore 8.5mm COMP leads

and a gumbed up iscv.

put the old ford beru leads back on and blasted the iscv with carb cleaner - the best 4.49 i've ever spent! - and its spot on again now.

 

wheres my manners....

THANKS for asking.

hows you & yours?

ps wanna buy some dead good flash red ht leads?....

 

coooooooooooool

mines got issues now

thing is all i done was leave it parked for 6 weeks, was using it everyday before and was fine, now its fooked

 

i got beru leads on mine as my 909's where playing up

im cool

ya comming central day out of interest

 

same here.

didn't drive it for 2 1/2 months and then...........problems!

when is central day? you driving up - fancy meeting up for a blast on the way?

 

im going the pissup on the sat before with the rest of us lot

book a room and come, its on the 16th and 17th of this month

simon from work is comming to and his crew

will be a good night and a good day

were taking me engine out this weekend and gona clean it all up finally

then in a few months where gonna rebuild it

 

this wknd working

next wknd off but working

wknd after i'm due to work ... BUT... i'll try!

 

rob, pop along, think mark G is gonna be going to it as well but hes not going the pissup