**The Art of DIY Car Maintenance: Rolling Fenders with a Baseball Bat**
As I stood in the garage, surrounded by the tools of my trade, I couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment. My trusty baseball bat and dead blow hammer had helped me roll the fenders on our car, a feat that would have cost $280 if I had hired a professional. But with some elbow grease and the right tools, I was able to get the job done for under $150.
The process began with heating up the fender using my heat gun, which I borrowed from my mom's hair dryer (a 20-buck solution!). Next, I used my dead blow hammer to tap the dented area into place. The baseball bat came in handy when I needed to apply some extra pressure. I would whack it gently, working my way around the curved surface of the fender.
It wasn't an easy task by any means. I did break a sweat and struggled at times, but as I got the hang of it, the process became smoother. The quality of my work was impressive, if I do say so myself – only a few minor imperfections here and there.
The total cost came out to be around $120 to $150, depending on the tools you already have on hand. David, my friend who showed me the ropes, had spent about $80 on his tools. My total cost was under half of what he would have charged for his services.
As I reflect on the experience, I realize that DIY car maintenance can be a fun and rewarding hobby. It's not just about saving money; it's also about learning new skills and taking pride in your work.
So if you're thinking of getting into DIY car maintenance, here are a few tips to get you started:
* Invest in good quality tools – they may cost more upfront, but they'll make the process easier and faster.
* Don't be afraid to experiment and try new things. You might learn something that will save you money or time in the future.
* Be patient and take your time. Rolling fenders can be a bit tricky, so don't rush through it.
In conclusion, rolling fenders with a baseball bat is not for the faint of heart. But with the right tools and a willingness to learn, it's definitely doable. And if you're particular about your car, it might be worth considering DIY maintenance as an option. Just make sure you have some spare time on hand – and maybe a friend who's willing to lend a helping hand!
**The Ultimate Gym Attire: Get Ready to Sweat**
But enough about cars – let's talk about getting buff! Donut has released the ultimate gym attire, and I'm here to show you how to get it work out ready.
Step one: buy this beautifully designed shirt for just $29.98. Step two: grab some scissors from your kitchen drawer (the ones that are always collecting dust!). Step three: carefully cut off the sleeves like so.
The benefits of cutting off your sleeves include improved airflow and a more toned arm. It's time to get buff, folks!
So, follow these steps and get ready to sweat it out in your new buff horses shirt from Donut Media. Don't forget to like this video and subscribe to our channel for more DIY content.
**Special Thanks**
A huge thank you to David for coming out and helping us roll our fenders. You can follow him on Instagram at mrsexys2k. And, of course, a special mention to my trusty heat gun (borrowed from my mom) and dead blow hammer – they're the real MVPs here.
You can follow me on Instagram at Zach Jobe, and don't forget to check out Donut Media for more awesome content. Thanks for watching, and we'll see you guys next week!
WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Ah!- Oh, this is taking all of my muscles.- You can pay a pro 280 bucksto come roll your fendersor you might be able to getthe same results using one of these.Are the risks worth the savings?Should I DIY Or should I don't?(upbeat music)- Thanks to car parts dot comfor sponsoring today's video.Everyone struggles with relationshipsand your relationship withyour car is no different.So Nolan, what brings you in here today?- This isn't an easy thing to saybut I've been driving other cars.- How could you, Nolan?- Good Mustang, good. Let it out now.Now Nolan, let's focus on whyyou're driving other cars.- It's just not the same anymore.Got weird electrical issues.Water pumps leaky, typical S197 stuff.- Well, you're the one whodrove me to those conditions.I was your first car- Not my first car all right?- What?- And no one forgets their first car.But as the years go on you haveto admit Mustang thatyou do take more work.Luckily for both of youthere's car parts dot com.Car parts dot com is a smarter way to shopfor your auto parts.Connecting you with the right partsat the right price, hassle-free.Plus at checkout carparts dot com can link youto nearby local shops to receiveinsulation quotes for free.So build back the trust and qualityof your relationship with your car today.- You know what Dr. Jerry?I think that's exactly what we need.- I'm so happy.I think I'm gonna cry.- Here.(car crying)- There, there, it's okay.- Get the right parts rightnow at car parts dot com,check it out and maintainthe love with your car today.(tires screeching)- Hiring a pro can be expensive,but doing stuff yourselfcan sometimes be scary,frustrating and you mighteven want to give up.Now, you guys know me.I'm always trying to do stuff myself,but with certain jobslike the one we're gonnabe doing today,if you don't do it right,your risk ruin your carand that's not what we want.(upbeat music)So you just got your sicknew set of wheels and yougot your fitment dialed.That means there might be some rubbing.(upbeat music)When your wheels and tires aresuper flush with your fenderyou can rub your fender,your fender liner.You can damage the paint, hell,you can even rip your whole fender off.So when it comes to gettingyour fitment perfectyou might need a littleextra clearance that comesin the forms of rolling your fenders.And you can see we've gotsome pretty tight clearance.We might need to make some more.(upbeat music)A pro uses specializedtools and experienceto roll your fenders.Basically bending the metalwithout damaging your paint.It takes 'em anywherefrom 75 to 95 minutesand it'll cost youaround 250 to 300 dollarsfor a whole car.But if you're reallyon a budget that oldbaseball bat in the cornerof your garage might be ableto give you the same results.Let's find out.Our pro is gonna roll the fenderson the driver's side of the car.And then when he's done,I'm gonna step up and try my handat this on the passenger side.Take note that dent was already there.Today our pro is David Pham.You can find him onInstagram at mrsexys2k.Okay. All right.Well, we appreciate you, David.Thank you for coming out.So what's this chunk ofblue steel on your lap?- So pretty much this isa fender roller it mountsto the hub and you put lug nuts on itand it'll just help roll your fenders.- Nice. So, I mean thesearen't too terribly expensive.Anybody can really buy one,but what's the learning curve like?- Anyone could technically do it,but it's just you know how you do it,but the roller, you canpull it out too much.You can, warp it up,have it come out like very bacon, so.- It's probably pretty easyto like crack your paint too.- Yeah, the paintis the number one thing.- So what's the difference betweenlike fender rolling and fender pulling.- So fender rollingis literally just foldingthe lip against the panel.And then pulling it isbringing the fender out.- And like actuallychanging the exterior lookof the car right?- Correct.- All right, well nowthat we know the basics,I guess it's time toget this show rolling.(rimshot drumming)- You get it? Ha ha!(upbeat music)♪ You so sexy, sexy. ♪♪ I like the way that you roll ♪♪ Yes! ♪♪ Do some flexin' ♪♪ Curling, getting so swole. ♪- I better get todo sexy stuff to you guys.(camera guy laughing)(upbeat music)- So it looks like you'retrimming the fender liner.I was wondering about that.Do you always have to trim it?Sometimes have to take it out.- You always have to trim iton the outside because that'swhere it rubs the most.You don't have to take out the linerbecause it kind of gets moredirt into the engine base.So the liner still stays functional,as long as you just cut a small piece off.- Sure, it's probablyeasier to trim it whileit's on the car right?- Yeah, yeah, gotta mount the roller.Some cars won't fit but majorityof European cars andJapanese cars will fit.(electric motor whirring)(heat gun blowing)When rolling the fenders,the number one thing is heat.Heat helps you kind of shape the metaland then kind of preventsthe paint cracking,which is the big thing.- Yeah, it softens upthe paint a little bit,and let's it be a littlebit more flexible,but what if the car is vinylwrapped or plastic dipped?- With the wrap,it's kind of tough depending on the brand.Like it's, sometimes it will bubble up.It's better to do thecar before it's wrapped.- Yeah.- That way there's no issues.- How do you know you've gotenough heat in the paint?Is it possible to heat it too much?- I think 'cause I'vebeen doing it for so long,I know how much it needs to be.You heat it up too much asyou'll start to burn the paint.- Yeah.All right, so once youget the heat into it,how long does it takeyou to actually roll it?How many passes of the roller?- The passes kind of varies,I actually don't really keep trackof the passes.- Is it kind of the slower the betteryou really wanna sneak up on her?- You don't want to go too fast.You always want-- It seems like somethingyou need patience for.Is that accurate?- Yeah.You have to have a lot of patience.- I have so much patience.(upbeat drum and bass music)- Give it a massage a little bit.Don't apply too much pressure.Too much pressure can lead to kind of,the bulging and the paint crop.So you always want to work itin a tad bit, always go back and forth.Never rush it, And donezo!- Man that took forever.It's been 14 minutes and 35 seconds.- Yeah.- I better pick up the pace.(David laughing)- Oh, that's a lot of clearance.- The looks a little bit smoother.- Yeah, honestly,I think you did did this thing a favorin terms of the overall fender shape.And that is like fully folded over.That's a lot of clearance.(electric motor whirring)- For the back,I'm just gonna to straight up roll it,the lip against the panel.And it'll give you theclearance that you need.Sometimes you can shave therears, use the dremel, whatever.- But in this casewe'll be able to fold it.- You can fold it,It's better to just shavelike really like thick cars.So if you roll like thick cars,it's just still thick.Even when you roll it.- Yeah. Yeah.The experience you have in doing thislets you know that andI guess that is kindof what you pay for when you pay a proto come do this stuff.(leaf blower blares)- Man, where all the dirt come from?(car engine revving)- Oh hell yeah.- Always wanna make surethe inside is clean.So all that dirt doesn'tget trapped in there.(upbeat music)(heat gun blowing)- Does this help?Am I helping?- Yeah, you're helping.- Good.(upbeat music)- Oh yeah.- There you go.- Oh yeah, I'm really getting it.- All done.- Well, all right.And in just under an hour,54 minutes 50 seconds to be exact.And that was with us talkingto a bunch of bugging nearpointing cameras at ya.- Hey- So not too bad.Look at all at clearance.- Sexy clearance.♪ Sexy clearance, sexy clearance, sexy. ♪♪ Sexy clearance, sexysexy, sexy clearance. ♪♪ Sexy sexy sexy. ♪- Less than an hour todo the driver's side.Now let's see how I fare.All right, let's get this party started.Good, solid start there.Rights and left folks.Rights and lefts.First thing I'm gonna dotrim the fender liner.And I got a little utilityknife with a fresh blade in it.Get it.I already can tell that Iwish I had his cool stool.I've never seen anything quite like it.I gotta tell you.I'm gonna order one before the day's over.Now with the fender liner trimmed,I'm gonna put the wheel on.We still don't have avery big gap here 'causethe car is pretty low.The fat under the bat stillisn't gonna fit through here.And this is a pretty skinny bat.So depending on your ride heightand how much clearanceyou have at full droop,you might have to end upusing the backside of the bat.Okay, let me get some heat on this (beep).It's like watching paint dry,but the paint's already dry.(heart beat thumping)All right, we got thefender nice and warm.Let's try some rolling.(upbeat music)As I come in here, I'mjust making sure I'mgetting on that a littlelip and folding it up.It's kind of tricky to get this angledso I can actually hitthe lip I need to fold.Definitely feels riskierthan the tool method.- I think the bat methodmight be a bad idea.Doing yourself could leadto like bending more at the body shop.Just fixing what was chipped off,what was warped up.- What was that?- Use a lot of heat and go very slow.- Got it.(David laughing)- Oh this is ah, this istaking all of my muscles.Oh man (beep) this can I use your tool?This is way worse than ifyou have a fender roller.This batting sucks.(baseball bat banging)All right, I'm getting a hammer.This is a nice hammerfor this type of thing.This is a non-marringhammer, rubberized ends.So you don't mar things, butif you don't have one of thesejust a rubber coated, deadblow, like this will work.(hammer banging)The Hammer's definitelymaking quicker workof this than the bat.(hammer banging)- Keep banging, keep banging.- Like that?- Yeah, like that. Harder!- Pop a little bit of thatdent out while we're at it,what do you say?(hammer banging)- You know, I'm about to call that done.Our lip is flipped upin there pretty tight.Didn't break any paint,and we even made this look a lot better.I wouldn't say it quite lookslike it was done with afender roller kind lookslike it was done with a hammer.- Good job young Padawan.- Thanks man.Clearance, clearance,clearance, everything.Prices slashed front fendertook a whopping 37 minutes.So I'm definitely moving alittle slower than David,but that's not reallywhat I'm worried about.Let's try to do a good job.The thing I might use thefender roller on the rearand see how that goes.Because in my opinion, afender roller is a cheapenough tool that youcould reasonably buy one.You can get 'em for 60, 70, 80 bucks.Let's find out how tricky one is to use.(electric motor whirring)Yes, more heat master, more heat.What you think dog?How am I dowing?(dog howling)- It's definitely a loteasier and a lot more chill,a lot less nerve-wrackingthan using a baseball bator a hammer.It feels like you can reallysneak up on it, you know?All right.I'd say that's a rolled fenderand we didn't even crack any paint.I mean, apart from allthe paint that's missingon the inside from rubbing but not bad.I think I got it justabout as good as Davidand it probably didn'ttake me too terribly long.The tool was kind of convenient.Oh, 59 minutes, 38 seconds,just under an hour.And only about five minuteslonger than David took.I'll take that.(upbeat music)All right, the fenders are rolled.The job is done.But now it's time to reflectand really talk about how this wentand whether or not it wasworth doing it myself.He would've charged us $280to roll all four offenderson this car.I spent much less than that,figure about 10 bucks for a baseball bat.You might have one laying around.10 bucks for a dead blow hand hammerand figure about 20 to $50 for a heat gun,which you also might already have.And if you don't, maybe youcould use your mom's hair dryer.I think it's totally reasonableto buy a fender roller.I ended up using David's.He got that for about $80but you can get one justlike it on car parts dot com.So that brings us to a grand totalof about 120 to 150 dollars.Just about half of whatDavid would've charged us.And then we've got the toolsto do it again in the future.But how much effort did I have to put in?It wasn't easy.I definitely broke a sweat.I really don't ever wantto have to roll a fenderwith a baseball bat again,I was struggling a little bit.Oh, but as I got goingwith offender roller,I feel like I got thehang of it pretty quick.Now let's talk quality.Arguably the most importantbit of this whole thing.David's quality was impeccable.I mean, that's what youexpect from a pro right?My quality, I think ispretty close to David's.There's definitely a few spots where I wasgetting a little worriedbut I was able to smooth it out.Though it did take me a little bit longer.Not too terribly badif I do say so myself.If this is the kind of thing you're into,you've got some spare timeand you don't mind makingthe investment into the toolsbecause you might use 'emagain, then hell yeah.Get in there and DIY itand you'll learn a little along the way.But if that doesn't soundlike the kind of thing you want to door if you have a car thatyou are very particularabout and don't wanna trust yourselfthere's no control z on cars.Then heck you a hire a pro,that's what guys like David are for.They'll come to you.Roll your fenders and leave youwith a perfect job ratherthan messing it up,like you might- Hey, you,we wanna get buff this year?Well, listen up pasta arms.Donut just releasedthe ultimate gym attireand I'm here to show you howto get it work out ready.So pay attention.Step one, buy thisbeautifully designed shirtfor just 29 98.- That's way less than $30.- Step two, get somescissors out of the drawer.The one that we all have in our kitchen.Step three, carefully cutoff the sleeves like so.You'll notice with eachsnip that this shirt is madefrom high quality cotton.Now doing this will helpairflow as well as highlightyour soon to be sculpted arm.So go to donut media dot com,and get all sweaty in thisnew buff horses shirt today.- Thank you guys so muchfor coming to this episodeof DIY or don't.I hope you learned a thingor two along the way,and I hope you enjoyed the video.Special thanks to David for coming outand helping us roll our fenders.You can follow him onInstagram at mrsexys2k♪ Mr. Sexy. ♪- Mr Sexy, ah, I guess that'swhy they call him that.You can follow me onInstagram at Zach Jobe.You can follow donut at donut media.Of course, don't forget tolike this video and subscribeto the channel and we'llsee you guys next week.
