Garage door height? One more time. - Diesel Forum

ckspeed · 10-24-2007, 08:08 PM

I know this has been discussed before, with mixed answers all over the place, but I'm going to ask again just to clarify.

A stock height '00 X with stock tires. I have a 7' door (header), but with trim, door hang, etc. the opening is 6'10" (82"). Is it going to fit? With or without roof rack?

I can find the specs for stock height, but is that overall height or what??

Help... Gotta know before I buy one!!

Maverick4x4 · 10-24-2007, 08:28 PM

I've got 295's, V codes and rear air bags (sits 1.5" higher than stock, plus the tires) and I have 3" to spare on a 7' door...in fact, I'm probably going to level the front end.

I removed the roof rack the first weekend, so I gained an inch or so of clearance too.

Brett

ckspeed · 10-24-2007, 11:28 PM

Okay, so you're at 81", and stock w/rack is 80.7 supposedly - which has got to be to the roof rack then.

Is it the rails, or crossbars that you have to remove to gain clearance?

thogue · 10-24-2007, 11:53 PM

I hate to say this ...but why dont you just test drive it and see where your at ?

FamilyRide · 10-25-2007, 12:21 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: thogue</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I hate to say this ...but why dont you just test drive it and see where your at ? </div></div>

I agree. I gaurantee every building doesn't get the clearance the same. I've got 2-3" left with V codes and 285's and according to what I think it's supposed to be, I should be taking the header out every night I pull it in. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif[/img]

ckspeed · 10-25-2007, 12:29 AM

I would, but it's not here locally. There seems to be ZERO psd X's around here for sale. So.. I'm forced to go out of town, out of state, and dang near out of country to get one. Otherwise, yes, that would be ideal. Heck, I can't even find a gas burner around here to try out......

mike650 · 10-25-2007, 12:46 PM

Recommendation #1

Remove the OEM crossbars regardless of whether the X fits in you garage or not.

-Mike

Graupp · 10-26-2007, 08:02 AM

The 'stops' on the garage door opener can be adjusted to allow the door itself to move up&back farther....

This would give you the full clearance of the door frame/jam, etc...

I've got a Y2K-X, and I drive it into public parking garages, with notational warning signs about 6'8" clearance all the time....

Unfortunately, my truck sits outside, because the garage is only 19', and I need 20'....

ckspeed · 10-27-2007, 01:32 AM

Excellent, thank you. I've got the height then it sounds like, plus the length (22').

I think I've got a deal made on one today....

Zaphod · 11-02-2007, 02:23 PM

I'm very happy that I got the xtra high single door (rather than regular height double doors) on my garage --- otherwise I'd have to fold both mirrors and be nervous about scraping the top. As it is, I fold the drivers mirror to give my wife the room she prefers to park her taurus.

Now... I'm also glad I got the extra 18" in length of the garage. The X fits with about 12" to spare. The other option would be stopping the door around hood-height

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Anyways... I'm often afraid of indoor parking that says anything less than 6'10". It seems around here (Toronto, ON)... they're not very concerned about accuracy. I've seen 6'2" that I'd fit under and 6'8" that I wouldn't.

Wren · 11-03-2007, 03:24 AM

In my experience, if the antenna doesn't hit, the truck won't either. So I drive very slowly in parkades so that I can stop immediately if the antenna goes BOINNNNGGGG.

troutman · 11-09-2007, 09:39 PM

The clearamce sign is probably showing the lowest point in the garage, not just the entrance height.