"Beefchips" (beefchips)
09/25/2020 at 20:15 • Filed to: None
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"Beefchips" (beefchips)
09/25/2020 at 20:15 • Filed to: None | 4
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I wired the garage door opener permanently this afternoon and tested it together with my car. There aren’t too many inches to spare. Check it out:
AestheticsInMotion
> Beefchips
09/25/2020 at 20:25 |
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Can people get out of both sides of the car at the same time?
OhCrikeyTheRozzers
> Beefchips
09/25/2020 at 20:26 |
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Plenty of room!
I had a garage with about that much clearance; tennis ball on string is your friend.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Beefchips
09/25/2020 at 20:26 |
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You can never have too many inches
of space
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Beefchips
> AestheticsInMotion
09/25/2020 at 20:31 |
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Ha, d efinitely not!
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Beefchips
> OhCrikeyTheRozzers
09/25/2020 at 20:32 |
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Oh yeah, for su re! I think i even have a tennis ball somewhere around the house. Just have to figure out which box it’s in from the move...
BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind
> Beefchips
09/25/2020 at 20:35 |
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That’s about as much room as I have, too. Evil people built my house.
PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
> Beefchips
09/25/2020 at 20:40 |
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Nice , well done!
If you don’t think it’s unsafe , you might consider moving the optical sensors up to bumper height. That will keep the door from closing (accidentally) if you don’t pull in far enough.
shop-teacher
> Beefchips
09/25/2020 at 21:33 |
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LIKE A GLOVE!
Thisismydisplayname
> Beefchips
09/25/2020 at 22:17 |
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If you don’t have kids to worry about, you can raise that door beam up to the level that intersects your furthest point on the bumper, then once the light stops blinking you know you’re in far enough. I used that in my rental place when I was in Dayton for work. Worked great.
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Thisismydisplayname
> PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
09/25/2020 at 22:18 |
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Lol, I just posted the same advice, works great, assuming no kiddos running around.
MiniGTI - now with XJ6
> Beefchips
09/25/2020 at 22:18 |
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My sister once had an old condo in Evanston with a very old garage. It was pretty deep actually but just barely room to get out of her Fit on one side.
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Beefchips
> MiniGTI - now with XJ6
09/25/2020 at 22:19 |
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a fit! wow, that’s a smallllll garage
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Beefchips
> Thisismydisplayname
09/25/2020 at 22:19 |
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Hey now that’s a great idea!
zipfuel
> Beefchips
09/25/2020 at 22:23 |
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Eek, time for some p
ool noodles on
the walls?
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MiniGTI - now with XJ6
> Beefchips
09/25/2020 at 22:25 |
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It was in an area where off street parking is a rare luxury. Another annoying thing about it was the apron had settled such that you had to back in just so to avoid scraping bottom on the threshold. I once parked my clubman in there and tore one of the plastic jack pads off on the way out.
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Thisismydisplayname
> Beefchips
09/25/2020 at 22:34 |
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Makes it pretty dummy proof. Or you could go the parking block route too, which I had to do at the new place due to kiddos. But the beam elevation is much nicer IMO.
feather-throttle-not-hair
> Beefchips
09/26/2020 at 03:46 |
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Time to hang a tennis ball from the ceiling.