Jtc Fender Roller Tool Lip Rolling Extending Tools Auto Body Shop

Works great. Rolled fenders on e46 and for the first time this tool made it easy money

If this is one of those tools you’ll likely use a handful of times while you have it, it’s probably perfect in terms of value and function. It gets the job done, is built fairly well for the money and looks like it’ll hold up well to occasional hobbyist use. If you’re planning on using this regularly or buying it for a metal / fabrication shop, that will put it through its paces, you’re probably better off buying once and crying once; pay the extra for the name brand. I used it to roll the lip on the quarter panel of my Nova and while it worked, it’s not an easy 20 minute job. It takes time, a little bit of heat from an heat gun and patience to do it right and not crack your paint. Newer cars with thinner metal, probably won’t fight you as much but a little heat will help soften things up and avoid cracking paint. As far as tool assembly goes, you are pretty much on your own. The instructions aren’t great, but it’s not rocket science either. If you have the confidence and skills to roll your fenders in the first place, you should be able to figure out how to get this thing together by looking at the pictures. You will definitely want to make sure the threads on the tool are greased up to avoid galling.

It does the job. I bought this for two reasons... (1) I like to learn and do modifications myself to my car, and (2) the cost of this tool is the same or more of what it costs to have someone do the same service. I was able to properly roll two quarter panels on my car with the help of a heat gun. The learning curve for this setup is short. You can easily watch videos online on how to use it. Only impatiences would yield a bad result. My one and ONLY issue with it was the packaging. It had Styrofoam that falls apart when you try to unpack it. It's kind of odd for them to pack it so tightly with Styrofoam. Lighter packing would suffice. You couldn't dent these parts if you hit them with a hammer. It almost seems like it is packaged so that it doesn't breach the shipping box, and damage other packages.

Used this tool to roll the rear fenders on my Miata. Packaging was okay, the assembly instructions is just a black and white photo of the tool. I just looked at picture of the tool online to get an idea of how it goes together. The tool barely clears small vehicles, I wouldn’t use it on anything smaller than a Miata. I had the arm completely retracted for the whole process but luckily it still had some wiggle room for the roller to do its work. With a bit of work it rolled the fender lip flat, can’t complain about the results (very smooth and even) and it’s a lot easier to do than the old wooden baseball bat trick that never ever comes out pretty. One major flaw is that the large “bolt” (the main one with vise style handle) that presses the roller to the fender is retained to the base pin with a couple of washers and a nylon lock nut. Once you get a good pressure on the fender the lock nut binds to the pin and if you keep tightening and applying pressure to the fender the lock nut will eventually screw off the main bolt. I only noticed after it was not applying any more pressure and then suddenly popped back as the tension arm came loose. I had to use a wrench and turn the nut with the tension bolt to keep it from unthreading. But for $50 there’s not much to complain about. People charge $40+ per fender when you can buy this cheap tool and do as many fenders as you want. Aside from the obvious design flaw it works well and I found it takes a lot of the hard work out of the equation, I was done with both fenders in one hour and was barely breaking a sweat.

The bolt pattern is cut very sloppy and you have to pound it on. I tried to use this on a 5x120 bolt pattern for BMW wheels and I have a slightly larger hub center bore on my E39 540i which is 74.1mm. This would not fit over that but only for one reason. The part of the circle by the actual tube was bulging out slightly so it wasn't completely round. I tried it with a smaller 72.56 bore on my adapter spacers and it still wouldn't fit because of that bulge. So I had two choices, either have it be crooked on there and damage my spacers or take a die grinder with a carbide burr and modify it. I chose not to because obviously that would prevent me from returning it if any other issues arose down the line. Just to see if it will even work I went and got some nuts to use as spacers and avoid the out of round bore issue. It didn't mount too stable but at least it allowed me to try it. What I found is that the thread on the length adjustment often gets seized up and looks like it's too coarse and undersized. Sometimes you really have to fight it to get it to loosen up. It's definitely not hardened and looks like the cheapest zinc plated bolts you can find at local hardware stores so I'm not sure how long it would last with moderate usage. Overall this is a $ 50 tool at best and I feel ripped off having spent $ 160 on it. If I have to start modifying it and weld on it down the line to fix it then I may as well just fabricate my own with my TIG welder.

Was a little skeptical, but honestly after using it on both my rear fenders. This is a great tool. I’m sure the name brand ones are better quality. But for the price this is exactly what I was looking for. Not one problem rolling both my fenders on my foxbody. Fit the lug pattern on an 84’ mustang. Highly recommend for anyone on a budget

This roller is a good tool for the money, it ships free through Amazon prime and works well mostly. When you get it just put a little oil on the threads. Also the nut that holds the threaded rod on will probably come off. There is a washer behind it, i put a little grease on the washer, reinstalled the nut and drilled a hole through the nut and rod and inserted a cotter pin. No you shouldn't have to modify a new tool, but it's much cheaper then the others and works great after drilling a quick hole. I was not able to use all five bolts when attaching it to the hub of my BMS, but three is plenty for this. I looked like the holes cut a little sloppy, a file would have made quick work of the holes. The welds and craftsmanship of the tool is better then most cheap chinese tools I have seen. Once I installed the pin, it probably took me 15-20 minutes to roll my fenders for the first time.

Doesn't fit common GM 5x5 bolt pattern. Likely made only for small imports. Quality isn't the greatest, not the worst either. You get what you pay for. Don't know if it works since it wouldn't fit my bolt pattern. Poor packaging.

Kinda junk the threads strip easy and it’s really hard to use on a slammed car

Very bad quality Most of the part are impossible to assemble, need to drill all holes. Dimension on assemblies are way off (half of an inch !!!!!) Don’t buy this product.

C’est super, rapide et safe👍👍

Does not fit 5*5.5 bolt pattern.