Advice needed on rolling arches!

[project_pearl]

Hello all, ive just finishes welding new arches on my mk1 fiesta and need to roll my archs for my revolution wheels. So whats the best way to do it wothout destroying my fresh archs I was gonna cut little slits all the way along and then just hammer and dolly it over, but is there a better way? Pics would be a great help

 

Thanks Charlie

[MightySprocket]

thats exactly what I did and it worked a treat didn't use a dolly though, used a cork sanding block, a bit kinder on the paint

[Stu_B]

Or roll a scaffold tube through.

[Messenjah]

if you cut slits you will take the strength out of it if you start in the middle and gradually spread out further only attempting to fold it a little bit at a time with lots of small hits from the hammer just go over and over it that way you can roll the middle the most where it needs to be and keep the full lip around the bottom and gradually fade from one to the other if you know what i mean

[john_3.0s]

yeah defo wouldnt cut them, mine were done on the mex when i bought it and they havnt been cut just carefully hammered back nice and smooth

[project_pearl]

Thanks for the ideas guys, realy glad i asked now cos wasnt looked forward to cuting my lovely new arches! Is it actually possible roll them completly without having to put slits in them? Surely just tapping them over with distort the arch?

 

Thanks again.

[aaron735]

Or roll a scaffold tube through.

 

as long as your arches are fresh and not rusty this is actualy a gd way i used this technieqe on my old nova watch here

 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GsNYDm3MMnk

 

if u cant understand japenese he explains using the heat gun (hair dryer) is to help the paint not to crack

[over_head_cam]

I've seen a tool made with a one-sided scissor jack and a skateboard wheel

[emu]

I've seen a tool made with a one-sided scissor jack and a skateboard wheel

 

Page two of this thread on Retrorides has a reprint of a how-to

 

http://retrorides.proboards86.com/index ... 696&page=3

[countrybumpkin]

def dont cut them, i did my mk1 escort archs with a panel hammer and dolly just do them bit by bit and dont try and bend them to much in one go.

[bigdaz27]

some body shops have a tool for rolling arches also when you roll them make sure you seal the gap utherwise will be a rust trap

[Retro-gone.]

so .... what about when youve got filler on the arches

 

not that i have

 

tum tee tum.....

[aaron735]

so .... what about when youve got filler on the arches

 

lol its not very good idea to roll arches when u have filler in them as i found out when i rolled mine

[countrybumpkin]

so .... what about when youve got filler on the arches

 

not that i have

 

tum tee tum.....

 

if its a new arch welded in then blended with filler then there should be no problem as long as you take your time and dont hit the arch to hard, but if your archs are made of filler dont bother

[TwoLitrePinto]

*Crack...

[project_pearl]

Thanks for all the pratical advice Ive seen the proper tool in frost mags, bloody exspensive so im goona have ago without cutting them and just use a hammer and dolly, How far do i do it just at the top or do i continue round the arch?

 

Wish me luck anyway, charlie.

[countrybumpkin]

i'd roll th ehole arch just cos it looks neater then seam sealer the gap between the lip and arch so it can rust out