[LutzPSBC]

Cleaned out my garage last night and my lightning is about 7 inches too long. Can't quite close the garage door.

Thoughts on how to make her fit?

I have an HVAC system on the interior garage wall so gaining an extra few inches by cutting into the wall is not an option.

Maybe getting a garage door that attaches to the outside of the house instead of the inside of the garage?

I've also considered getting 24" ramps which would pull the rear wheels forward into the garage once the truck is angled up. But how would I calculate how many linear inches I'll gain from a 24" vertical gain? The attached ones from Race Ramps seem like a good product and are rated at 6,000 lbs.

Any ideas or anyone know how to calculate how many inches I'd gain using the ramps?

 

[Kirk]

It has paint. Park outside?

 

[Voltz]

The two foot ramps would either put my garage door opener through the roof of the Lightning or ceiling of my garage. It lives outside until I can build something better.

 

[corradoborg]

Without doing the math or any in-situ measuring myself, I can't imagine that any reasonable height of ramp is going to make the truck fit. In fact, it's actually likely to make the truck longer. As the nose rotates upward, the total horizontal length becomes the hypotenuse of the triangle formed by the front bumper, the rear bumper, and the top of the tailgate. The measurement from the front bumper to the top of the tailgate may be a slightly longer measurement than just front bumper to rear bumper.

Looks like your real choices are either very expensive home remodeling or just parking outside.

 

[LutzPSBC]

Called a garage door company tonight. They’re going to come out later this week to see if they can put “carriage doors” with hinges on the outside frame. This may buy me the 7 inches I need.

 

[LutzPSBC]

Without doing the math or any in-situ measuring myself, I can't imagine that any reasonable height of ramp is going to make the truck fit. In fact, it's actually likely to make the truck longer. As the nose rotates upward, the total horizontal length becomes the hypotenuse of the triangle formed by the front bumper, the rear bumper, and the top of the tailgate. The measurement from the front bumper to the top of the tailgate may be a slightly longer measurement than just front bumper to rear bumper.

Looks like your real choices are either very expensive home remodeling or just parking outside.

thx for the insight. Looks like a ramp is not going to work.

 

[GDN]

I hope you have a good garage door company. They'll want to know what won't fit in the garage and you'll tell them or show them the Lightning, but when having work like that done I like to move the truck and historically the Tesla's. We call it the Tesla tax. As soon as someone sees that in the garage, it just seems prices always get a little steeper.

 

[quikag]

Park outside. It's not going to melt.

 

[jimfigler]

Called a garage door company tonight. They’re going to come out later this week to see if they can put “carriage doors” with hinges on the outside frame. This may buy me the 7 inches I need.

Curious to see if that helps. Keep us posted

 

[TOW (tired of waiting)]

Lightning=231.7"
Rivian RT1=215.6"

RT1 is the "short" answer. Good luck.

 

[THEsocalledfan]

Lightning=231.7"
Rivian RT1=215.6"

RT1 is the "short" answer. Good luck.

Another example of why Rivian is a toy truck.

 

[jimfigler]

I was really worried too but have about 18” to spare. That door goes to the basement but it Opens up 23”. Easily enough for people

 

[Justjoe]

Many years ago I lived in Minneapolis and it was always a joke about the garages all being too small. In many parts of town the garages were all built for the Model T. As cars got bigger everyone had to modify their garages. There were two common ways to do this. Most common was bumping out the lower half of the front wall of the garage so the nose of the car would tuck in a little further. This doesn't sound like an option for you. The second fix was to remove the big garage door and frame around the door opening to extend the garage door framing. The top of the new frame was slanted and covered with shingles just like the roof. These extensions were never more than 12 to 18 inches. A new garage door was mounted on the new frame extending the useful length of the garage.

 

[Hank42]

Trade it in for a Rivian! 🤣

 

[Nbc10homepro]

Was in a RIVIAN the other day and parked right next to my Lightening.
No comparison the Lightening is so much better in quality and size, the Rivian looked like a small Nissan next to it.

 

[Hank42]

Was in a RIVIAN the other day and parked right next to my Lightening.
No comparison the Lightening is so much better in quality and size, the Rivian looked like a small Nissan next to it.

Totally agree - different beasties. Not bashing anyone here, but to me, the Rivian looks like the result of the original Volvo 240 designers deciding to have a go at a pickup.

 

[Strangatang]

good luck!!! i knew from the begining my lightning wouldnt fit unless i took out shelving or workbench (which i wasnt willing to do). so my lightning lives outside. We will be building a 2 car detached garage come spring though and that will be plenty long enough for the truck.

 

[Ford Thunder]

Put it out and make the neighbours envious.

 

[scholin]

I had a similar problem, but I discovered that if I backed it in every day, it gave me enough space to close the door (by an inch) due to a curb at the back of my garage. I placed bright orange tape to help align the tires and center line of the backup camera - worked well!

 

[paulalex01]

a2 + b2 = c2
c = Square Root of a2 + b2