JoeyD
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- Joe
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- Surprise, AZ
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- 2018 Tacoma, 2024 MME GT
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- School Bus Driver

Regarding the Chamberlain wall mounted garage door opener, I installed one a couple of years ago because the cheap builder model we had was so noisy. This is the quietest door opener I've ever heard. No vibrations at all and really like how it starts up very slow, gets up to speed then slows down when stopping. One of the best improvements to our home.Kelly (kamorela), wanted to touch on a couple of things about your paint scratches.
As long as the liftgate wasn't dented, I wouldn't have taken it to a body shop. There are mobile paint repair professionals that will come out to your house (or work) and fix the scratches. It will look absolutely perfect when they are done. I have used them several times in the SF Bay Area for scratches, rock chips, etc. They are NOT cheap but less expensive than taking it to a body shop. From the work I've had done on several cars, if I had to guess that would cost between $500-700 and would take several hours. I know you're already in the process of having a body shop work on it but if you have issues like this in the future, look these guys up. I found a few in your area after Googling "mobile paint repair".
As far as having to remove the glass to paint those scratches, I can see them wanting to do this so they can paint the entire liftgate but again, way overkill when you can have just the scratches fixed without removing any body parts. Speaking of removing body parts, the spoiler can be removed WITHOUT breaking any clips or screw retainers. I've taken the spoiler off all three of my Mach-E's to sound deaden them as they are the only thing that rattles on the exterior if I have the bass in the audio system turned up a bit high. The trick to not breaking any retainers is to NOT use a power tool when removing the screws. There is too much torque with a power tool and you have to slowly loosen the screws so the metal retainer (which is in a plastic support) on the spoiler does twist and break off.
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Now, about your garage door opener, I would change it out for a Chamberlain Wall Mounted opener. That way you can get rid of everything above the car (opener, chain, belt, rail, bar, etc.) and allow your liftgate to be opened to its maximum height without hitting anything. You would never have had this issue if you had a wall mounted opener. This type of opener will work with your garage door and attach directly to the torsion bar. They are not cheap but easy to install (I did both of mine myself). They are very quiet and smooth with no vibration and work with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. I use CarPlay and when I get close to my home, a notification tile pops up on the Sync screen for me to select and it will open the door. Or I can set up an automation in my phone so that the door automatically opens when arriving and closes when leaving or I can just ask Siri to open and close the door.
This is how clean and uncluttered the garage ceiling looks when you use a wall mounted opener. I have a lift under the car on the right and needed to have the ceiling clear to allow any vehicle to be raised as high as possible.
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