I'm getting ready to build a shop at our new house. I was just wondering how tall your trucks are after lift(6")and tires(35-37's). just want to make sure I make my door openings tall enough. i have an 07 model f150. thanks a lot.

 

It's gonna be your height plus 6" plus (new tire size - old tire size)/2. And maybe subtract a half inch or so for sag. So say your stock tire size is a 31" and your going to a 35" you'd be 8" taller than stock ideally and actually at about 7.5" or so higher. But you also have to watch out for the arm that hangs off the track on the garage door from the ceiling when it's up, that's lower than the actual opening on my garage by about an inch. Hope this helps!

 

You will be fine with an 8 foot high door. You will not fit in a 16x7 for sure. A 9 foot door would be overkill, but better. You can never have it too big can ya? My leveled '10 FX4 with 295/70/18's (slightly less than 35's) is a tight squeeze in a 7 foot standard opening, but fits, barely.

 

I have seen F150's in airport parking with 6" lifts and 35's. The overhead is 7' to get into the parking structure, so they must just be under that.

 

My 07 w/6 inch and 35's is just about 7 foot tall. My shop has two 9' garage doors and 10' ceiling. It might be over kill but I really like the large openings and high ceiling. Build it big, IMO.

 

You need at least 7ft. my door is 6ft.10 inches and with 33's and a 6" lift I hit the one inche weather stripping at the top.....so i park in the detached one instead...tooo close for me. since you are building a shop i would never put anything under an 8 ft door on one. 9 ft would be the least i would go if it were mine.

 

Although the OP has an 07 model, I can tell you without any doubt what so ever that my '10 would never ever fit in a 7' tall opening with a 6" lift. 4" lift maybe, but not 6. With just the level I have now (2" front, 3/4 rear) it is a tight fit with the small amount the garage door consumes when it is open. There is no way I could get 4 more inches out of it even if the garage door wasn't there at all. As a side note, My airport has a 6'6 clearance in the short term parking, and I didn't notice the sign until I almost hit it. That was a long way to back out of, and a line of angry people in my way. There was a absolute 0% chance I was fitting in there.

 

mine is also a 2010. I wouldnt be willing to risk a 7ft attempt with a 35" tire on thats for sure!

 

thank y'all. looks like I'm going to try and go with a 9 footer. just so I don't have to worry about barely fitting.

 

It wil be cheaper to build it right from the beginning.

 

I would be very confident with an 8 foot door. We are talking mostly about having to squeeze in a 7 foot door. You would easily fit an 8" lift and 37's in an 8 foot door. 9 foot door is by no means too big, but you may get into garage height zoning issues with your local government.

 

I decided to snap a couple pics to see exactly what kind of clearance there is.

This pic is at a bit of an upwards angle. As you can see (if you account for the angle of the shot), With the garage door open, I have about 81 1/2 inches of doorway to drive into. The opening without a door and weather-seal, is close to 7 feet.



This is my truck parked under the opening with a 1.5 x 1.5 inch (2x2) chunk of wood. I got just shy of 80 inches with bilsteins, a 2" rear block replacement, and 295/70/18 nitto trail grapplers.