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Ever come close to scraping lifted truck in low garage?

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by aficianado, Apr 28, 2012.

  1. Apr 28, 2012 at 10:01 AM
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    aficianado

    aficianado [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Phew. Came close yesterday. And my trick is barely lifted. I almost put my bike racks hard into concrete. Mall parking lot started to neck down in the back. I noted all the previous scrapes on the ceiling and stopped. I had about two inches. I backed up.

    Has to happen. Ever seen it?
     
  2. Apr 28, 2012 at 10:09 AM
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    broken taco

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    my dad has a lifted FJ with a rack and a shovel on top of the rack and ive driven into garages and had the shovel that's on the rack hit the bars that they hang down to warn you before you go into the garage
     
  3. Apr 28, 2012 at 10:09 AM
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    MsTRD

    MsTRD hell yes i love my truck

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    Yes! My boyfriend and I were staying at a hotel in SF and decided to park in their garage...big mistake! My truck didn't clear the height thing when entering but it was plastic so that wasn't a big deal, and the idiot working in there said we would be fine...the ceiling of the garage was just exposed pipes so the height was pretty inconsistent. Driving out of there I had to have my head out the passenger side window telling my bf where to go to avoid the lower pipes, took us just about forever to get out of there and i felt like i was going to have a heart attack the whole time!
     
  4. Apr 28, 2012 at 10:10 AM
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    SnowroxKT

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    Come close in my dad's unlifted 07 Tundra Double Cab 8' bed with a shell and a rack. That thing is SOOOOO long.
     
  5. Apr 28, 2012 at 10:16 AM
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    KenLyns

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    Yes, it's another reason not to get a 6" lift.

    I am gonna trim my antenna 1" taller than my roof, to act as a ceiling feeler.
     
  6. Apr 28, 2012 at 10:20 AM
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    Jester243

    Jester243 all I wanted was a god dang picture of a hotdog...

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    some of this, a little of that
    In my old lifted chebby, could not ever go in parking garages.
     
  7. Apr 28, 2012 at 1:26 PM
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    UH60Hwkdrvr

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    I live in South Korea (where everything automobile related is small) and just recently had a 3" Toytec lift installed. The first thing I did after I received my lifted truck, was to take a height measurement. Anything less than 2m of clearance and it is no joy with the new lift.

    M.A.C.
     
  8. Apr 28, 2012 at 1:27 PM
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    Konaborne

    Konaborne Pineapples on pizza Hawaiian does not it make.

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    my truck doesnt fit in a lot of the parking garages here :(
     
  9. Apr 28, 2012 at 1:46 PM
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    joes06tacoma

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    I took my company truck into a parking garage down in San Diego. I cleared the bar outside the garage, drove into the garage and parked. We then removed two suitcases from the truck, put them in the hotel room, then went back out to the truck to drive to dinner. I scraped the top of the campershell on the support beams overhead. Thank God it didn't catch the leading edge of the shell, it would have opened the shell up like a can opener!:eek:

    I sat in the back of the truck while my co worker drove the truck out of the garage. Apparently a second gen Tacoma sags an entire half inch or so with only a couple of suitcases on board.:rolleyes:
     
  10. Apr 29, 2012 at 1:27 AM
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    OverRated

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    I've scrapped my 3" lifted 4runner with my yakima roof rack once in sf over at a parking garage near the fishermens warf. I ended up taking down the rack on the spot lol

    Even though I wasn't scraping anymore it was the worst drive ever looking for parking and being paranoid that I'll hit the roof going up the ramps in the garage.
     

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