Chesterfield Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Hi, After a favour really as I cant easily access the Z and its doors at the moment. Can someone advise on how far out a fully open Z door protrudes from the body of the car. I know the length of the door is around 1300mm, but with the angle of opening, how far do they actually stick out from the car? I am currently undergoing a project of looking at building a larger garage as part of an extension and am looking at how to maximise garage spaces without building what resembles a row of stables or office parking block. Hopefully once the weather defrosts Ill be out with the masking tape and mocking up the size of the building/spaces etc - Im just after a couple of measurements to start plotting rough drawings on paper. Thanks for any help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Its 135cm Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesterfield Posted December 22, 2010 Author Share Posted December 22, 2010 How is that possible with a 130cm door ? I can see this garage getting large! Thanks buddy - thats a great help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 How is that possible with a 130cm door ? I can see this garage getting large! Thanks buddy - thats a great help Dunno but you made me question myself and measure it again, might be the extension in the hinges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Is it 135cm for both side that sounds about right to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Is it 135cm for both side that sounds about right to me... Nope just one door - drivers side... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesterfield Posted December 22, 2010 Author Share Posted December 22, 2010 What Im doing is designing the four spaces so I can open a car door without hitting the car next to it. What Im using to be on the safe side is the widest car I may ever get (say 2m) plus the addition of the largest door. That means a space of 2m wide with 1.3m gap between each car, plus an extra 1.3m for the left most cars passenger side and say 2m on the right hand side of the right most car to give room for a workbench Gives a total width of 15.2m or about 50 feet. I think Im going to have to start marking things up with masking tape after the thaw and see whether 2m plus a Z door for each car is being excessive. The Z will actually not have its own door but Im thinking of having it slide over from the third door, as I dont want any more than three doors on the front to prevent it from looking a bit overkill on the garages. like this (its a british company that manufacture these so I should be ok in getting one) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Ygj21OtaU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Not sure if this'll help, but if you're CADing it up yourself here's a dwg file for the 350z in plan and profile. I came from a chap on the MY350Z site. http://mywebpages.comcast.net/leutgens/350cad.dwg It needs scaling up to metric as it's drawn in inches. It's pretty accurate, by my reckoning it's about 40mm too long/wide. Good luck... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 That rail looks cool There are some excellent lifts out there too, I'm sure you've seen them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebized Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Got me wondering, so out to the 370 with the tape measure Door fully opened, measured at 90 degrees from roofline level is 1250mm and measured from the doorsill (the part otherwise closest to a wall) is 1020mm. They said the 370 was smaller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesterfield Posted December 22, 2010 Author Share Posted December 22, 2010 Im looking for the measurement from the part of the car otherwise closest to being hit by the next car over - so probably where the door is. Best thing to do I reckon is park the Z up, open the door fully, park another car next to it and simply measure the gap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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