This always happens to me. My buds on the forum tell me something should be simple and inexpensive, but every local provider I can find tells me it's complex and expensive. The latest incident is simply trying to get my fenders rolled. The body shop told me that we can't just roll the metal fender lip in because there's a plastic cover and some insulation under it. He says they'd have to cut most of that fender lip off to provide relief, and that it will cost $350.

So I realize that this guy's on crack, but am curious to hear how simple or hard fender rolling on an E60 should be. At this point, I'm considering renting a roller tool and heat gun and doing it myself. But I need some straight talk from you experts on whether or not there's anything particularly challenging about rolling an E60.

 

Here in So Cal I had mine professionally done....$100 for the 2 fronts. They had to cut part of the plastic cover/lining because it was still rubbing a little bit after the roll. No charge for the cutting and no more rubbing.

 

I had my rears done recently for $70. No cutting necessary unless you are rubbing all the way down there.

 

u rolled my own fenders using a heat gun and a HEAVY rubber mallet. i used the heat gun to carefully heat up the metal fender to make it pliable then using the rubber mallet i banged the fender inward until it creased flush with the inner wall.

for the hard rubber/plastic portion of the fender....any body shop that cuts that out is doing it the lasy way. that inner liner protects your inner fender from tons of moisture/water/mud/rocks/ect. rather than cut mine...i used the heat gun (more aggressively) to heat up the hard rubber/plastic until it was very flexible. while hot i simply molded it back a bit, pushing hard making it take a new shape. as it cooled it stayed in place...simple.

if you shop around you should not have to pay more than 100 bucks....but i did mine myself bc i needed an excuse to get into the garage and work on my car

 

ill sell you my fender roller i used it once.pm me

 

actually check ebay theres rentals on there for 45$ with heat gun also

 

Great input, thanks! Did you have to do the plastic liner first to get it out of the way? It looks like it will prevent the fender from being fully rolled unless it's removed first.

 

Any other advice or experiences?

 

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I got my fenders rolled for 150?, all four.

There wasn't any cutting involved, just a handy guy with a roller and a heat gun. Here's a thread about it:
Fenders rolled

The thread covers it pretty much what was done and how .
There's more pics and measurements in the end, so read it all through.

- Antti -