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Old 06-05-2017, 12:23 AM   #147
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Re: Scott's '51 Build

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I wasn't going to whack the fender with the bat! The method I'm referring to is to slide the bat or a hardwood dowel in between the tire and the fender and roll the truck back and forth, letting the bat roll along the fender inner lip stretching it out. Generally start with a guy or two in the bed and keep adding guys while you work the flare. It works really well but I always had more sidewall. I'm worried I could crush the wheel edge.
I should have explained I know how fender rolling with a bat works, I was a minitrucker in the 90s, did it a lot.

I was saying no matter how flimsy you think the wheel edge is, its not. you COULD whack it with the bat and it would probably laugh.
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