Good afternoon! I am new to the forum as I just purchased a 75th Anniversary 110. I saw quite a bit of questions regarding the height with the factory expedition rack. My office parking garage has a 6'8 (Six foot, eight inches) clearance for the entrance which I've confirmed to be measured exactly.

With the height set to access mode, there is around 1/8-inch clearance, maybe a bit more. In turn, the height is slightly under 6'8 (YMMV).

Hopefully, this helps some of you out!

 

The center screen will show you the height and dimensions of your car at different ride heights. I think the rack is another 2 inch (I have front runner). But I just look at the screen and then measure the added height of the rack.

I have seen 110s in a 6'8 garage with a rack but its very close. I am not sure if they lower the car before going in as well.

 

I always allow 7' for a safety margin. This rules out some parking structures (particularly at airports) but I know from experience that the listed heights are not always accurate and do no include things like illuminated signs, sprinkler heads, etc.

Even with never going into a garage signed at less than 7' I have picked up a couple of gouges on the rear of the expedition rack from some lower hanging points.

 

I have a 2022 110 with coils springs and an oem rack and it fits just fine on a standard height garage. We used to drive carefully going in but now we just drive in normally.

 

The expedition rack surely adds more than just 2", right? I have it on my 110 (for 1.5 years) and I swear it's more than 2". Perhaps I'm wrong but...

 

I have a 110 on coils, no roof rack. When I enter the Philadelphia Airport parking garage (posted height limit 6'2"), the antenna fin bumps the PVC pipe that hangs down to warn you you're too high. I stick to the spiral ramps and go all the way to the roof and park outside; I've never tried parking on one of the lower decks. I really don't want to have to let most of the air out of my tires just to back out of my parking space.

So... be careful.

 

I just measured my rack, it adds 4 1/4".

With suspension at normal height it's about 82" to the rack. With the suspension at access height it's 79 3/4". So as others have said, a 7' (84") garage is probably safe but I'd still drop it to access height for an extra margin of safety.

 

Haven’t measured myself, but the quoted height of the defender is to the top of the antenna. So it might only add 2 inches to the total height, despite sitting 4+ inches above the roof.

 

It adds 53mm to the overall height of the Defender. The shark fin antennae is the high spot without rack.

 

Hey Mick,

When you say the rack adds 4 1/4", is this the measurement from the top of the roof to the highest point on the Expedition Rack?
Or from the OEM rails to the top of the Expedition Rack?