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Old 04-04-10, 09:41 PM
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Now thinking about it again andactually rmembering the scraping started when my car was halfway through the garage (at this point the center of my underbody is flush to where the driveway and garage meets) could it have been my cat scraping??
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time to go lower! ^ i have to hear to scrape to determine whats scraping ><
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I'll find out Thursday =/
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Originally Posted by heartmyis
Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Now thinking about it again andactually rmembering the scraping started when my car was halfway through the garage (at this point the center of my underbody is flush to where the driveway and garage meets) could it have been my cat scraping??
It was the case for me. Have you crawled under there to check? If you can't see, use a mirror on a pole. I had to do that to check the damage on my Camry lol...
Old 04-05-10, 07:59 PM
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that nut looks like it came off some kids skateboard. it looks like the hardware to hold the trucks on the board.
Old 04-06-10, 03:57 AM
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What about using some trays?

Say....go to McDonalds and, ahem...."borrow" (or find some in a plastics store) some serving trays, and just before your exhaust or whatever is scraping starts to scrape, put the trays underneath each side and slowly back out with the trays acting as a sacrificial barrier between the concrete and the exhaust.

Those trays are pretty tough, should do the trick.
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it could be worse

Old 04-06-10, 07:24 AM
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good luck going up that driveway with snow or going down.
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lol with those driveways, even the snow will have a hard time hanging on.
Old 04-06-10, 12:21 PM
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^ Wow that is the point in having the house so high up? Is it in a flood zone or something?
Old 04-06-10, 12:53 PM
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that is one steep incline! not even sure how stock height can get up on those entrances
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wow, that should have a sign that says "SUV parking only"...

back to the OP's problem... seems like if you are scraping at the upper end of the ramp you could solve the problem with a few pieces of wood... pardon the rough drawing, but check this out:

Old 04-06-10, 01:32 PM
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^ Should I try putting wood behind both my front and rear tires??
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I would try either front or back alone first... would be best if you had someone else watching while you back up slowly, so they can see when you're about to scrape and put the wood on either end to raise up one end. That will change the angle of the underbody and get you up away from the edge. If you put wood on both ends you maintain the same body angle (but gain more height). So if you have lots of wood go for it.
Old 04-06-10, 08:26 PM
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u win heartmyis. u have the driveway from hell. i thought i had it, but after seeing yurs, all i can say is DAMN! i got it easy, ahhaha. your garage was built for a suv. good luck with getting it out.


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