{"id":380553,"date":"2026-10-11T06:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=380553"},"modified":"2026-10-11T06:04:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T13:04:01","slug":"fender-rolling-can-fix-tire-rub-but-it-comes-with-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/fender-rolling-can-fix-tire-rub-but-it-comes-with-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"Fender rolling can fix tire rub: but it comes with risks"},"content":{"rendered":"

By 2025, fender rolling has become a pretty standard fix for tire rub after a wheel or suspension upgrade. Rub usually shows up when the car hits a bump or when the steering is at full lock. Wider wheels, fatter tires, a lowered car, the wrong offset<\/a>, worn shocks, sagging springs, or bad alignment can all set it off.<\/p>\n

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A lot of the time, the tire is catching the inner fender lip, that 90-degree folded edge that can sit right in the tire\u2019s path. When that happens, it can chew into the sidewall and lead to tire wear, body damage, or even a puncture. Rolling that inner lip upward with a hub-mounted roller and a heat gun creates extra clearance. The added space can be a few millimeters, or as much as 3\/8 inch<\/strong> in one AutoRestorer test, and from the outside there\u2019s usually little to see.<\/p>\n\n

If the rubbing only happens once in a while, rolling the fenders is often worth a shot. Still, there are real risks. Even if the paint is warmed to around 150 to 170 degrees Fahrenheit<\/strong>, it can still crack. The wheel arch can end up wavy, old body filler can split, and the seam can hold moisture and dirt, which raises the chance of rust.<\/p>\n\n

There are other ways to deal with it too. You can try bump stops or spacers, trim the plastic liners, add camber, switch to a narrower tire, or have a shop correct the offset. And with the aftermarket wheel market hitting $40 billion in 2025<\/strong>, plus EVs getting heavier, rubbing may only become more common.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By 2025, fender rolling has become a pretty standard fix for tire rub after a wheel or suspension upgrade. Rub usually shows up when the car hits a bump or when the steering is at full lock. Wider wheels, fatter tires, a lowered car, the wrong offset, worn shocks, sagging springs, or bad alignment can … Continue reading “Fender rolling can fix tire rub: but it comes with risks”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9349,"featured_media":380552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-380553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":380554,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380553\/revisions\/380554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380553"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=380553"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=380553"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=380553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}