Underground car parking lot entrance height limit？

[You Zhao]

Hi everyone~I just got my 2019 expedtion platinum.
I hit the roof in some parking lot showing 6'6'' height.
So anyone know the height limit for the parking lot?

 

[aggiegrad05]

I use 6’8” as my limit because I have successfully navigated that height before (although I just about needed a new pair of jockey shorts afterward).

I tried a 6’7” garage once and my shark fin hit the pipe they had at the entrance telling me the clearance.

 

[TheDoug]

I also used 6'8" as minimum.

I drive Platinum 4x4

 

[Gumby]

Is this with or with out the cross bars?

 

[aggiegrad05]

Is this with or with out the cross bars?

Oooh fair question. I don't know. Mine are off.

 

[Lou Hamilton]

Mine crossbars are on and I fit in a 6'5" labeled parking garage.

However, I was really nervous on the last garage I was in (posted as 6'6"). It looked VERY close at a couple of spots when you hit a slight ramp to go up a level. If you really think about it, your highest point increases at that moment (grab your trig and graphing calc out for that math problem. LOL).

 

[Gumby]

Oooh fair question. I don't know. Mine are off.

I just wish that the bars were a little easier to swap on and off. This removing screws and stuff is cumbersome. Especially the little hex key they give you to change it. Although I just use my tool kit with ratchet so its easier but still.

 

[aggiegrad05]

I just wish that the bars were a little easier to swap on and off. This removing screws and stuff is cumbersome. Especially the little hex key they give you to change it. Although I just use my tool kit with ratchet so its easier but still.

You got a hex key?!? I just had to go to my ratchet set.

 

[TheDoug]

Is this with or with out the cross bars?

I have my cross bars on

 

[Gumby]

You got a hex key?!? I just had to go to my ratchet set.

Yes, trust me its ridic. Its small and its shaped like those IKEA keys so you cannot get much traction on the loosening. LOL.

 

[Lou Hamilton]

Yes, trust me its ridic. Its small and its shaped like those IKEA keys so you cannot get much traction on the loosening. LOL.

The type where I end up hacksawing the end off and sticking it in my power drill.

And unless it is somewhere in the bag with the jack, I did not get a hex key with mine.

 

[Gumby]

Hmmm, I wonder if the key comes with the bars that I purchased separately. I did not have the Cargo package on my EXPY so that's why I got the bars after the fact. If you get the option from the factory, it appears that you do not get a key. Weird.

 

[armoredsaint]

even at 6-8 i brushed the bar, i have the optional roof rack bar

 

[byathread]

The garage I went into recently said 6'10"...
Nothing touched with the max and roof rack, but, definitely a bit of a pucker experience, especially with the roof shade open!
I drove very gingerly for fear of hitting something up there... [emoji23]

 

[flying68]

I recently had the entrance bar clang on a 6'8" garage entrance at a hospital, so I exited and parked in a surface lot. The bar may have been hanging a bit low though, at least it didn't look level as I drove by after the fact. My crossbars are on and the best I could measure it is about 6'6" in height to the top of them. The spec height is listed at 6' 4.5" but that is probably with the crossbars off. I have been considering taking them off, they are almost to high to use regularly, might as well take them off and eliminate the drag.

Edit: just went out and remeasured using a straight board across the side rails and the tallest part of the rails was 76". The crossbars put it at 78". The sharkfin is lower than the side rails according to my level. It was pretty much empty inside and gas was nearly full, so your measurements may vary.

 

[Pete6114]

I just wish that the bars were a little easier to swap on and off. This removing screws and stuff is cumbersome. Especially the little hex key they give you to change it. Although I just use my tool kit with ratchet so its easier but still.

What hex key? Where's it kept? Never seen one, but it might be with the jack and spare..

 

[Gumby]

What hex key? Where's it kept? Never seen one, but it might be with the jack and spare..

Do you have the Cargo package? I did not and purchased the bars separately. In the box there were screws and a little hex key to install the screws on the cross bars. PITA.

 

[Pete6114]

Do you have the Cargo package? I did not and purchased the bars separately. In the box there were screws and a little hex key to install the screws on the cross bars. PITA.

Got the cargo package and the bars came factory installed.

 

[duneslider]

someone posted some bolts that could be removed by hand at one point I thought. They had a bigger plastic knob on them. If I find them I will post the link again.

Ford Part # FB53-78551A72-AA3YZ9

 

[Gumby]

Got the cargo package and the bars came factory installed.

This seems to be a common. So factory installed cargo package (roof cross bars) seem to not have a key to remove the bars, yet purchasing the bars on their own nets you the key!? Interesting...