I've got a big problem guys - appreciate any help!

I just moved into a new house and my garage and S2k dont mix! I am scraping....I'll actually call it high centering going into my driveway. I searched on this and most people have issues with bumpers....this is not the case. I looked under the car (without it jacked up) and it looked like it was hitting the exhaust flange after the cat. After jacking it up...it looks like its scraping on the frame!! I've only come and gone 2 times....and tried an additional 3rd time so i havent done much but am REALLY worried about causing damage with these attempts. Its not my DD.

I was going to take an angle grinder to the flange but....not so sure now. Lowered on KG/MM springs, I tried angling in but the first time i did it, as my front right tire drove up, my right rear lifted off the ground! i kinda backed up, straightened out and then drove up (thats when i really think the frame scraped). There was a little chunk out of the driveway from that flange hitting it and some scrapes maybe 6-10 inches long after that.


These driveways are crazy....i dont see how a C5 or 6 vette wouldnt be teeter-totting with its wheelbase? I dont see how they can build houses like this as my truck i worry about it. My neighbor with a newer grand am scraped his front??


What i am interested in - ways to fix this without raising the car. Modifying the driveway, or ramp solutions you have used? Heres what im talking about:



Its a weird driveway - no room for a car, 4-5 ft is not a typo The red is where i would think a guy could modify it but then the door wouldnt close (no biggie...just put something on the underside of the door).

I've tried backing in but thats no good. Its steep so i have to go slow....but then i have to feather the clutch and....im gonna blow it out within a month of living here!

I'm talking to the builder hopefully tomorrow about this. I dont see how they can build garages like this that normal cars cannot get into? (not that a lowered car is normal...but i can think of a lot that wouldnt fit in here)


Thanks for any suggestions! I'll get some real pics soon. Any engineering guys need measurements, I'll see what i can get


Nate

 

This might be a little expensive, but you could fill in from the point at where it scrapes to the street to make it a 1 point slope instead of 2 if you can understand that.

 

Eh, the problem with that is, is that after my little slope into my garage, thats the street. I thought about doing something out there to make it more gradual....but i sure couldnt go too far due to people having to drive there.
Thanks for the idea though...anyone else?

Nate

 

That sucks. Other than whacking a few inches off the tip with a pick I can't imagine what else you could do.

 

As long as your not scraping anything....just continue angling it in.

 

Your suggested plan of action is probably your best bet. Other than that the much more costly fix would be some serious construction to lift your garage up to as close to road level as possible/needed.

 

i have the same problem at my sisters house but i just usually park on the hill in front of the garage or just in front of the house

 

Assassin - Yea, cutting away that 'point' would be the best, however I'm not too familiar with concrete work to know if that can happen and still look decent or will it look all jackhammered up? I guess honestly at this point i dont care if its chewed up, as long as my car isnt.

There is no way im not going to park it on the street or anything...There is no room for a car in the driveway but even if there was.....thats why i have a garage

It really worries me that in the few times i have attempted to get in there, its already pretty scraped up. Like i said before, i think hitting the frame was an anomaly, but its still pounding away at my car.

Nate

 

I don't know the link but there is mini ramps for steep driveways, search google.

 

The cheapest by far would be to have a concrete contractor jack hammer the high spot out, excavate the dirt under the high spot and then pour a new section. Without seeing the problem I'm guessing a couple of feet either side of the high spot would suffice.

best of luck!