Wont fit in the Garage (What can I do with suspension?)

[bruiser]

Moved into a new house the other day.
Drove into the garage all loaded up. Unloaded, put it in reverse and..... bang. I hit the lintel.

FWD stuck in the garage. had to get 3 mates over to sit on the back tail gate so I could get out.

Question.
Is there anything I can do to get around this. Adjustable suspension, a ratchet to compress the springs till it's in and let it off. etc
Any ideas would be great.

80 series cruiser 2 inch body 2 inch suspension and 35's
Steve

[bruiser]

Once it is in the garage there is plenty of room.
So it is just getting under the lintel.

Modding the garage is too expensive and out of the question.

[chimpboy]

Let tyres down to really low pressure?

[-Scott-]

33s?

[bruiser]

Letting the tyres down Takes to long.
Probably an hour by time i let em all down and pump them back with my arb comp. Dam those compressors are slow.

Although I do only drive the vehicle on weekends, but an hour is too long

Also I would have to let them down to the point were the wall pretty well collapses. (hits by about 2 inches) Surely this would not be good for the tyre.

[GRIMACE]

hits by about 2 inches

how much shit did you have loaded in it to make it sag 2" to fit

better yet how fat are your mates

[bruiser]

A heap of shit.
And yeah I phoned up the fatest mates I have.

Normally I get in the fwd, the radio cranks and I take of like a bat out of hell.
Very lucky on this occasion I reversed out slowly and the radio was off or I would of had either a converatble or draged half the garage down the street with me.

[chimpboy]

Do you own the place? Can you modify the garage door?

[stu]

Let down the tyres, always park outside, move to another house or do somethng about the lintel.


The lintel is most likley made of a composite beam ie laminated veneer lumber......it is cheap and can be handeled and worked relative easy on site...this is generally why its used.

however a steel lintel would not have to be as deep. it may be possible to fix a steel angle to the beam and cut the lintel to raise the opening height by a couple of inches. there are plenty of structural engineers you can ask also run the idea past any builders to get their opinion.

[nicbeer]

Why not think down and mod the floor downwards.

cheers

[stu]

im asuming that it would be slab on ground.....ie cutting through 150mm of concrete and steel reinforcing. AND no you cant cut off two inches off the top of the slab because reinforced contrete has a minimun top cover of conc. over the steel which has to be maintained to prevent rusting of the reo.

[sierrajim]

Option 1. Air bags instead of coils, this way you can lower your vehicle easily, reliability of air bags offroad may be a problem.

Option 2. Buy 2 supercheap auto winches to pull your diffs down "rock buggy style", also good for your off road adventures

Option 3. Buy a plasma cutter, make your wheel arches bigger, lower your suspension 2 inches, good for stability, bad when its trade in time

Option 4. Install lift kit to garage

Option 5. Start eating LOTS of fatty food so that you alone can lower your car 2 inches

[Hekta]

Option 2. Buy 2 supercheap auto winches to pull your diffs down "rock buggy style", also good for your off road adventures

This is the one I was going to suggest. I've often thought that it would be handy for going into shopping centre carparks

[bruiser]

moding garage is out of question.
Lifting lintel is bad enough, but I would also require new panel lift door, way too expensive.
Also I bought the place so I'm stuck with it.

What are the supercheap auto winches mentioned? How much?
How can they be of use off road?

[ludacris]

32 inch tyres for around town is the way to go.

LudaCris

[bazzle]

For when you NEED to park in there, remove valves from tyres one at a time and replace when 1/2 deflated.
Drive in and out.

Blow up tyres using a Supercheap 240v $150 compressor with tank. Prob 6 - 10 mins total. Will have more uses for it after youve got it..

Soft tyres will not get damaged.

Bazzle

[bogged]

32 inch tyres for around town is the way to go.

LudaCris

yup... agree. or 31's then you can get into nearly any carpark.

[customhilux]

for all the time it's taken to let then down and then pump em up,

just run some 31's drive out and put ya 35's on, wouldn't take as long, or buy a 240v compressor.


or just grind ya driveway.

[bogged]

for all the time it's taken to let then down and then pump em up,

just run some 31's drive out and put ya 35's on, wouldn't take as long, or buy a 240v compressor..

it takes less than an hour to change 5 tires on rims! let alone pump em up.. I think your compressor is really fucked.

agree on the buy an $80 240v compressor from Supercheap for inflating if you must... but theres always cheap 31s in trader section

[Hekta]

What are the supercheap auto winches mentioned? How much?
How can they be of use off road?

You attach them to the diffs and use 'em to compress the suspension ala Ruff and the other Rock Crawling guys. EG Climbing a steep hill, compress the front down so the car kinda 'leans forward' into the climb and stops the front from lifting up...

If you have 'em front and rear you could compress both ends and make the car squat/duck down under the garage door .

[customhilux]

for all the time it's taken to let then down and then pump em up,

just run some 31's drive out and put ya 35's on, wouldn't take as long, or buy a 240v compressor..

it takes less than an hour to change 5 tires on rims! let alone pump em up.. I think your compressor is really *****.

agree on the buy an $80 240v compressor from Supercheap for inflating if you must... but theres always cheap 31s in trader section

hahaha good on ya mate,

get ya tyre lever out,

i was talking about two sets of wheels,

[bogged]

hahaha good on ya mate,

get ya tyre lever out,

i was talking about two sets of wheels,

yea i meant the same, changing wheelsets( tires on rims) takes way less than an hour for 5..

your probably right with the tirelevers too. back in the enduro days could do a R&R rear wheel replace tube in under 10

[customhilux]

hahaha good on ya mate,

get ya tyre lever out,

i was talking about two sets of wheels,

yea i meant the same, changing wheelsets( tires on rims) takes way less than an hour for 5..

your probably right with the tirelevers too. back in the enduro days could do a R&R rear wheel replace tube in under 10

buy an exhaust jack, and get ya self a pitcrew.


or he could just do a chop top to the 80.

[jeep97tj]

Watch what type of winch u buy, i brought a $100 recpo job but it has to go back as it is a ratchet type. eg u release it manually, it wont relase if there is a load on it, not good for a supension winch. i now need to find one that has forward/reverse l;ike an atv type winch.

[chook05]

And yeah I phoned up the fatest mates I have.

:[/quote]only one solution take those fat mates with you everywhere .lol
I built a 80 series dual cab for a bloke one time and had it in the shed in primer ready to paint ,it had no tray on it yet when the paint shop rang and said if I could get it there quick they could get it into the spray both between jobs. I jumped in chucked it in reverse an backed in to the roller door. It fitted in before I cut the back off? I did`nt make it to the paint shop that day. I`d spent all week saying to myself "let the tyres down before you try to back out" DOH

[grazza]

take the roofrack off?

[Wooders]

Option 1. Air bags instead of coils, this way you can lower your vehicle easily, reliability of air bags offroad may be a problem.

Expensive - but have no idea what reliability issues you are talking about


Winch down is a good idea - but I;d get a decent one not an elcheapo.....

[DaveS3]

Air your tyres down like bazzle said.
Cheap 20lt compressor from bunnings/supercheap etc...

5min to get in.

10min inflation and driving again.

[Slayer]

should be able to get it easy with lettin the tires down... 100 bucks will get u a compresser and hose n stuff to pump them back up... and will come in handy for other things like sand blasting, pressure cleaning parts, running air tools for tight nuts n bolts..

will be quicker than any other sugestions... spec if u throw in a set of staun deflators to get u aired down...no worries runnin them on like 5 psi only drivin them in and outa the shed..

i think the axle winches would struggle on big heavy trucks like an 80 series,
A. room for a winch isnt taken into consideration from the factory lol, also they are a lot heavier and stiffer in the suspension than a buggy

[Daisy]

park the truck outside on the driveway like most people i know.

and use the garage for a pool room/drinking lounge and a nice big tv/stereo to hang around when the wife upstairs is in a bad mood