Liftgate height fixed or adjustable?

[Bucky1]

2011 Denali,
Can the open height of the liftgate be adjusted? It's low enough to catch me in the head (I'm a little tall) and I know it's going to one of these days. And I have room at the garage door.

 

[Rocket Man]

If it's not going all the way up you need new gas shocks most likely.

 

[Bucky1]

If it's not going all the way up you need new gas shocks most likely.

It's going as far up as it seems it should.

 

[Rocket Man]

The only other thing you might be able to do is get longer shocks but they need to collapse enough to close it.

 

[Doubeleive]

I smack into once in a while also, usually on the corner edge

 

[guy from norcal]

Since i lowered mine 4/5 I have ran into it a few times.

 

[kbuskill]

Since i lowered mine 4/5 I have ran into it a few times.

Same here... with the 4/6 kit you have to REALLY pay attention... lol

 

[Big Mama]

Never heard of a longer shock but I’m interested if you locate some. My guess is off a a hatch that’s swings 90 degrees.

 

[Rocket Man]

Never heard of a longer shock but I’m interested if you locate some. My guess is off a a hatch that’s swings 90 degrees.

They sell any length of shock you desire at your local auto parts, you'll have to look at the collapsed length and extended length as well as weight they'll hold up. I've done it with projects but never on something with mounts already installed. I myself don't even own a NNBS SUV so I can't be of any more help.

 

[kbuskill]

Perhaps you could keep the same shocks but move both mounts closer to the hinge... this would allow the door to open more if the hinges would allow.

You would have to move both the mount on the door and the body the same distance in order to maintain the closed shock length.