Fits in the Garage ... Barely!

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Icecobra

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Simple answer to me would be cut the sheet rock out and remove the 2x4 and gain about 4 inches that way but add a 2x4 on the outside so that you just nudge up to it you wont hurt anything. Then hang a tennis ball from cieling so it just touches the windshield when your about 2 inches shy of disaster through the wall misfortune that's what insurance is for lol... now you can whip in and stop when you touch the tennis ball jump out hit the door button and your on your merry way...
 

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Most people I know don't bother to put any vehicle in the garage, truck or not. The reason mostly is that the garage is too small to hold a vehicle and all their storage stuff in it.

Reasons to park in garage if you can:
Avoid having to enter/exit vehicle in poor weather
Keep the vehicle clean longer
Avoid paint fading or other weather damage
Avoid theft and damage.
curb appeal (although can appeal in the driveway sometimes) and overall neighborhood appeal.
Be able to take care of the yard without concern for damaging truck
Allow kids to throw a ball in the front yard without damaging truck
Avoid the temptation to store shit in your garage.

If I legit had... a bid stupid ass sized garage, no doublt ALL my vehicles would be in SAFE. I have a nice sized garage, but 1 inch clearance on both sides is not going to work.
 
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If I legit had... a bid stupid ass sized garage, no doublt ALL my vehicles would be in SAFE. I have a nice sized garage, but 1 inch clearance on both sides is not going to work.


I get it. The other issue it introduces is it would split the garage literally into halves. I'd need to open the garage door (or climb through the truck) to get to the other side. No wife or kids, so I'm the only one parking in there and no need to hug the wall. I suppose these are first world issues.
 

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I know mine would have 5 inches, but I installed a shop VAC in the front of my garage so............

I just though trucks were meant for "Trucking" lol. I dunno anyone else that puts a truck in the garage, unless of course its huge as fk and then sure why not.
My Raptor is my street queen for now. I want to keep it nice and new considering the price.
My trucking truck is a 2008 F250 FX4.
It stays out in driveway with wife’s Jeep.
Raptor gets used also but just not for the rough stuff.....not yet anyway
 

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In your picture of the garage door you have, it appears you have hurricane bracing that runs laterally across each section of the garage door. Are these screwed into the garage with self-tapping screws? Mine are. If so, just remove only the braces that are below your rear bumper. Probably 2 or possibly 3 braces at most. These braces are probably 2" thick. Mine are 3" thick. Then when you move out of the house, just put them back on the garage. They are only on the garage door for hurricane wind reinforcement. Its a Florida code that all garage OEMs must provide them for garage wind pressure. Also, you can buy a cheap water heater blanket and tape it to your front garage wall. The blanket comes with adhesive tape and covers a lot of wall real estate. Then when you pull forward too far (and trust me, you will pull too far forward eventually) the blanket has a super cushy insulation material that will not mark up your front bumper or damage your paint....even when you pull forward and tap the garage wall. Because you only clear by an inch, using the tennis ball is going to be tough because your windshield is convex in shape. Being a little left, or a little to the right one night after a beer, and your hitting the wall. Even securing 4"x 4" blocks to the floor and you come in a little hot with those KO2 bubble tires, and they will give an inch. Just some food for thought.
 

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I park under a lift daily. Just go slow. I look for landmarks around me. There's a hook on the wall, and when it's just in sight out of my passenger window I'm in. I have less clearance with the four posts of the lift, but I retract the mirrors. Big vehicles are a pita no matter what you do. Good thing is they have good turning, unlike a chevy 2500 I had years back. Same garage bay without the lift was a pita with that thing and that truck wasn't nearly as wide.
 

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I can only back in my garage, only way it fits, and i am the only one that is allowed to do it.

I made sure both my wife and 18 year old daughter know how to do it. at least once.

I dont ever want to be in a hospital and worry mu truck is not in the garage. plus...i trust them.
 

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Park it perfectly as works...then hang a tennis ball off ceiling just touching windshield. Learned this from father in-law. Also a carpenter...you spent a lot in truck and well worth it!!! You can build an shed roof off front and reposition garage door if want to spend. Good luck with your truck. Great days ahead of you.
 
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