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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: swanny on June 03, 2011, 05:26:49 PM
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You wont believe it , but the full lenght steel rack i got for a good price at a recent camping show, isnt gunna fit in the garage when on the car.
Noooooooo. >:( >:( >:(
Not happy Jan, about 5 mil in it.
Kill me.
Anyone know of any tricks/mods, i know buy another house, that was my first thought.
Ill leave now to ponder my situation. :'( :'(
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Drop your tyre pressures
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I picked up about 10mm by changing the bracing bars on my Panel Lift door to a box section alloy instead of the standard angle brace.
I now clear by about 3mm.
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What is it actually hitting on....can that be moved or raised.
Have been looking at new cars and the Prado won't fit on the garage, it would hit automatic door opener so worked out of I modified the bracket I would get enough room although I could go on the other side which is taller but shorter so to fit the Prado would have to move the lounge wall .....lucky I didnt like the prado
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Drop your tyre pressures
:cup:
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Hire a jackhammer dig a bit of concrete up bobs your uncle ;D ;D ;D
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I have a Tradesman Oval rack fitted to my GU, They can supply shorter legs for the rack. I queried this only 6 months back. What brand do you have? I might consider tis this at some stage down the track. I think it lowered it by 15mm but I could be wrong.
Her eis apic when I bought the rack over 3 years ago.
(http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s159/utedriver/the%20patrol%20lift%20ect/100_1799Small.jpg)
Do you have a gravel driveway can you scrap some off it? Or lift the door? Or check out a section of the roof?
Cheers
Rich
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I Think that now wins the drip of the week award...for this week anyway :cup:
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Thanks all for the prompt replys, particularly like the "tyre presures", "jack hammer" and the "drip of the week award".
Love good old aussie humor.
In all honesty though i have given myself an upper cut, "measure twice cut once" i think.
Some defo opitions to explore in your comments, my first call will be to the supplier to see if there are any type of shorter brackets i can use to bring it down, may even have to have something custom made.
Cant do anything to the house, it will touch on the steel angle which is placed at the top front of garages when the home was built.
Car is living outside for the next little while at the moment, wife not to happy, but she will get over it.
Keep the tricks/mods coming, even if it means having a laugh at me.
Cheers Swanny ;D ;D ;D
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Put a few concrete blocks inside your car :p
Aaron
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Hi,
Local fire station had this problem with a new snorkel pumper to go in the garage, hitting the top of the door on a heritage listed building.
Cheapest option was to jack-hammer up the cement and dig down a bit.
cheers
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Just buy some more accessories to weigh it down a bit more.
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If you drive really really fast I'm sure it might scrap under ;D
I actually saw a van with an old Telstra rack do this in Albury years ago. The rack nearly landed on the bonnet of the magna behind him. I helped him lift it back on, It tore the gutters like a can opener 8)
Rich
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One of my carpenters tried to get in his garage one day forgetting he had a load on the racks, off comes the door and 5 hours later he gets it back on. One week later he repeats the damage, it only tok an hour to repair, hasnt done it since
GG
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reminds me of a mate of mine who came home from a long drive after being on holidays. Had his wife's $2000+ triathlon bike on the roof... got home hit the garage door remote and promptly drove in - causing immeasurable damage to a fore mentioned bike. She was not a happy camper.
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Take it off when not in use... Drive in garage. Easy
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Hey Lost,
yep ur right, remove it when not in use, just not that keen on ripping the thing off all the time as its as heavy as buggery.
Anyway thanks for the advice.
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2" anti-lift kit ;D
Keep in mind that if you do manage to get the 5 or so mm clearance that you measure it with an empty fuel load.
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load your car up with heavy items so it drops enough to get in. ;D ;D
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Hey Lost,
yep ur right, remove it when not in use, just not that keen on ripping the thing off all the time as its as heavy as buggery.
Anyway thanks for the advice.
if you have a carport, then rig up a simple pulley system, many people do it.
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if you have a carport, then rig up a simple pulley system, many people do it.
How's he going to drive out the garage with the rack fitted if he doesn't fit in the garage with it fitted ;D
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How's he going to drive out the garage with the rack fitted if he doesn't fit in the garage with it fitted ;D
I have a garage with a seperate carport, doesnt everyone? reverse out and fit the rack and go on holidays!
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Had a bit of laugh thinking about this thread this morning, especially when I backed out of the garage and nearly took the roller door with me. With new coils and a little bit of air in the airbags, and the spare tyre on the roof rack, I am just about at the limit of what will fit through the roller door. Had to move the ratchet handle on the strap holding the spare tyre on so it wasn't on top but beside the tyre.
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G'day all,
Terrican was 2 weeks old when I drove out of the garage with the tailgate up. Court the roller door with the wiper shaft thingy and ripped the roller door from it's tracks, the wiper motor shaft tore the tailgate for about 2 inches, very expensive lesson. Only happened once!!!!!
Regards Woody
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Reminds me of the time I helped a mate fit a body lift to his car. Worked until 1am in the morning as he wanted it finished for a rally the next day.
After finishing it wouldn't fit out of his garage.
Trevor
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mount some winch's underneath the car and pull the body down b4 u drive on in???I know i know that's just stupid hey!!!
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Yep Thats just stupid...hey ;D
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change to airbag suspension, and let them down to std height when driving in/out, pump up once outside.
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400 kgs of cement blocks.
1x 100kg in front passenger seat, 2x 100 kg in back seat, 100kg in boot.
Will drop suspension enough to get it in and out ;D
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Roller doors?
See if you can lift the roller a couple of inches, generally there is a little bit more available
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airbag suspension
Damn you Lost - that was going to be my suggestion! Not only is it expensive and complex, but it's another mod to go on the never-ending list - it's a tick in every box.
I will admit to experiencing this myself - we don't have a roller door, so it's just the carport roof. But after fitting the airbags I drove in with some pressure still in them, and put the ratchet-strap handle through the ceiling. Smart.
Good luck Swanny - seems we've all done somethign similar at some stage! :cup:
Thanks!
Matto :)
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I wouldn't bother with the 400Kg of concrete... But 400Kg of beer would be good! You could become a very regular customer at Dan Murphy's!
:cheers:
Dave
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Lower the floor! ;D
Glad I could help.
Cam
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G'Day
I dont know what your house looks like but is it possible to cut a groove one course of bricks up then fit a new Galintel. Then remove the old one? Then you could move you panellift up slightly. Its just a thought
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This thread is quiet amusing, this forum is full of problem solvers :cup:
I like it :cheers:
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What about changing from a tilt to a roller ?
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Take a picture of the opening that you are trying to get into and we might be able to give you some better ideas. When I was renovating a house for a client we used a roller door which rolled horizontally which have full head room as in the normal position the roll hung down too low and gave less opening height.
GG