They say a picture is worth a thousand words...
Not exactly a place I could put some foam. Plus anything that contacts the body is eventually going to scratch the paint if the rig moves at all (which it will when loading/unloading things) with the liftgate open. The metal strip on the bottom of the garage door is already leaving a mark on a couple of the 4RUNNNER letters.
I don't have enough room in front of the rig to pull it in far enough for the liftgate to totally clear. And it's not practical to have to back in every time I want to load/unload something from the back.
To me it looks like shorter struts is the best option. Guess I'll have to do some research.
This is what I did too, but I used good carabiners just to have in the car. If you have the cargo net, run the cord behind the net and it will fall back into the vehicle when you close the door. This has been great to use especially since getting the truck back from the body shop... After smashing the lift gate on the garage door....... :nod:
They say a picture is worth a thousand words...
Not exactly a place I could put some foam. Plus anything that contacts the body is eventually going to scratch the paint if the rig moves at all (which it will when loading/unloading things) with the liftgate open. The metal strip on the bottom of the garage door is already leaving a mark on a couple of the 4RUNNNER letters.
I don't have enough room in front of the rig to pull it in far enough for the liftgate to totally clear. And it's not practical to have to back in every time I want to load/unload something from the back.
To me it looks like shorter struts is the best option. Guess I'll have to do some research.
I run the paracord behind the cargo net so when I close the door, the carabiner falls down behind the net and inside the truck. I was concerned about that hitting the trim or getting smashed between the door and body too but the tension from the net pulls it in. You could also attach a bungie to something then the paracord too to get it to fall inside the cargo area I imagine.i used to leave my carabiner tether attached full time, but noticed that the weather stripping was torn where the carabiner lies. Mine has the 3rd row, so perhaps that allows for more contact area, but just be careful of the contact.
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Looking at the photo of your garage door and rear hatch, I'd say you have at least 3 options:
1. The carabiner/rope rig that others have mentioned.
2. Throw a towel on your rear hatch where the hatch hits the garage door/garage door frame. It looks like it hits right on the Toyota emblem. Mine hits in the exact same spot. I used an old garage towel for years to keep my hatch from rubbing on the garage door.
3. Foam on the garage door and/or garage door frame. I recently did the foam option because I got tired of the towel trick. I had to adjust my garage door so it wouldn't open as far. It now stops about 1" below the garage door frame. Then I put foam on the bottom edge of the door. I also put a little foam in other places for good measure. Foam was secured with zip-ties (drilled some holes in the bottom edge of the door and put the zip-ties through the holes). Like this:
All 3 options will work without having to buy shorter struts, which sounds expensive and could hurt resale value (most folks don't want to lower their 4Runners... they want them lifted!).
