Garage Door Problems
Pro Wrench
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From: Bham
This thread is great!
Like previously said, airing down would get you out but you would have to repeat every time and that isn't going to work.
Option 2, remove the sharkfin antenna completely? Maybe there is one that is flat or lower that can be installed in its place.
Pictures of the antenna and the railing would be quite awesome
Like previously said, airing down would get you out but you would have to repeat every time and that isn't going to work.
Option 2, remove the sharkfin antenna completely? Maybe there is one that is flat or lower that can be installed in its place.
Pictures of the antenna and the railing would be quite awesome
Last edited by stillruns; Nov 16, 2021 at 12:55 PM.
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Overlanding
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If you want a daily dose of first world problems, you've come to the right place. Let me preface this by saying I feel like the world's biggest idiot right now.
Finally picked up my 110 yesterday, and i have the clearsight rear view mirror (so i have that fin thing on the top of the car that holds the camera). I had previously measured this out, but not taking into account the extra 3" or so of fin on the top. Long story short, BARELY managed to get the car in the garage, but now I'm realizing the metal beam on the door would rip this camera right out if i backed out of the garage (it's angled and extends about 2" from the door, so i have like half an inch of clearance going in, but none if trying to back out). So now i am waiting for a garage door guy to come and help me get the car out.
Anyone have any helpful hints? Similar stories? is it possible to extend the tracks on a garage door so that the door will lift up an extra couple of inches?
Finally picked up my 110 yesterday, and i have the clearsight rear view mirror (so i have that fin thing on the top of the car that holds the camera). I had previously measured this out, but not taking into account the extra 3" or so of fin on the top. Long story short, BARELY managed to get the car in the garage, but now I'm realizing the metal beam on the door would rip this camera right out if i backed out of the garage (it's angled and extends about 2" from the door, so i have like half an inch of clearance going in, but none if trying to back out). So now i am waiting for a garage door guy to come and help me get the car out.
Anyone have any helpful hints? Similar stories? is it possible to extend the tracks on a garage door so that the door will lift up an extra couple of inches?
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Overlanding
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You might be able to squeak by just fine, was able to back out with someone holding the door up and my clearance is like 74 ish inches (without the person assisting).
Drifting
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Phew! Having a house built in 1925 and a garage from the 50’s makes life interesting.
Rock Crawling
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From: New Mexico.
The height of the vehicle isnt different, its the angle of this metal bar at the base of the door - when the door is up, the metal bar at the base of the door is angled, so there is clearance when going in. When backing out, the tip of the camera fin would catch on the other end of that same metal piece
Rock Crawling
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Sorry for the pedantry and feel free to ignore me, but this question is randomly bugging me because it seems to break Euclidean geometry. Am I completely missing something? Going forwards or backwards doesn't change the relative positions of the components whether they are angled or not. It's just not physically possible for it not to hit going forwards but then to hit going backwards unless the vehicle or the bar changed heights in the process. What if you stopped on the way in with the fin directly below where you think it would hit on the way out? Obviously you could reverse without hitting it from that position.
The front wheels lifted might not alone cause the interference and the fin might just slip under the door. But once the rear wheels are lifted the height difference might be enough and if the rear of the fin backs up to the lip before the rear wheels drop couldn't that be the difference?
Or more simply maybe the fin rubbed gently on the way in and would hook on it going out?
Winching
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From: San Gabriel, CA USA
An EAS module such as the LLAMS I installed on my 2020 will give you that extra inch of lowered suspensions (below access height) at the flick of a switch and is probably cheaper than a new garage door. The big minus is that you do need to remember to flick that switch, it won't lower automatically. As a bonus though, you can raise the suspensions as well, independent of speed, for your future off-roading trips.
https://landroverforums.com/forum/20...roller-106539/
https://landroverforums.com/forum/20...roller-106539/
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Rock Crawling
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From: New Mexico.
My geometry is weak, but what if there is a lip at the door that lifts the wheels slightly when they hit it.
The front wheels lifted might not alone cause the interference and the fin might just slip under the door. But once the rear wheels are lifted the height difference might be enough and if the rear of the fin backs up to the lip before the rear wheels drop couldn't that be the difference?
The front wheels lifted might not alone cause the interference and the fin might just slip under the door. But once the rear wheels are lifted the height difference might be enough and if the rear of the fin backs up to the lip before the rear wheels drop couldn't that be the difference?