01-05-2014, 12:28 PM | #155 |
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Awesome garages! I would show mine but I'm sure everyone knows what a carport with a roll box, a floor jack, ramps and two stands looks like, lol.
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01-05-2014, 03:04 PM | #156 |
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A light gray with white and black flecks in it is the current plan right now.
But, i haven't set that in stone. I have considered doing a black floor, but it would be a nightmare to keep clean (Forgot to quote the previous message! OOps) |
01-05-2014, 04:00 PM | #157 |
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If you can look past the absence of a Camaro, I can show you one other path a suburban garage can take. I was limited to the existing size of my 20x21 two-car, and my budget was under $3,500 for the project. But I put together a place that makes the most of the available space (for carpentry, metal fab and work on my weekend car) with an assortment of second-hand industrial cabinets that I turned into storage and ten different work surfaces. I did all the work myself, including setting the tile and digging the pit for the lift. Everything in the place is second-hand, re-purposed or home-made.
Work benches that fold down from the wall: You can see the lift in operation in this video: http://www.petrolicious.com/articles...ck-olsen-s-911 Is it always this clean? No. Not by a long shot. But it does go back to clean very quickly -- that's the real accomplishment of it, I think. I finally took the time to work out a place for everything to go when It's not being used. In practice, it makes a huge difference not having to spend so much time looking for things you've misplaced. I spent years doing that. More pictures and a bench-by-bench look at the place at the website I made for it: http://www.12-gaugegarage.com |
01-05-2014, 06:01 PM | #158 |
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^ Jack Olsen... Wow!
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01-05-2014, 06:39 PM | #159 |
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Like the out of the floor lift set-up! (and the Porsche coupe!) WHAT YEAR?
AWSOME SET UP YOU HAVE!!
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01-05-2014, 08:37 PM | #160 |
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Thanks, guys.
The car is a 1972 tub with a 1995 engine, a 1977 transaxle and other 911 parts on it that range in age from 1965 to 2000. (The odd thing is that I built it after passing on a pretty nice example of my first choice, a 1st-gen Camaro.) Last edited by Jack Olsen; 01-06-2014 at 12:10 AM. |
01-06-2014, 12:25 AM | #161 | |
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That be perfect for my current garage. Also: how does the tile floor hold up? I've been going back and forth between epoxy and tile.
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01-06-2014, 09:01 AM | #162 | |
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My problem is (a) I have to find out of my slab can handle the weight and (b) I think I'd have to probably tear my 4 year old garage down to install some lifts. A bunch of pics. I have fit 3 cars in it before but it was tight, last time I measured the slabs they were all 8 feet. Right when I moved in spring 2008:
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01-06-2014, 03:56 PM | #163 | |
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Most two post lifts require 6" of concrete. It generally manufacturer specific. The standard stuff the concrete guy pour is the correct PSI though. I just finished up a new garage and had them pour the entire floor at 6" just to be safe. You can just get some pads poured, though. They will saw cut and reinforce a local area then repour it. -Geoff
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01-06-2014, 04:19 PM | #164 |
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I second that. That is a sweet garage set up.
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01-06-2014, 05:10 PM | #165 |
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The ZL1 is asleep for a couple of months. 7 degrees here in Virginia tomorrow. A little cold for the F1 tires!
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01-06-2014, 05:30 PM | #166 |
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What material is that floor?
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01-07-2014, 07:24 PM | #167 |
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Not sure if you remember me from the Madison WI area or not but I used to see you quite a bit at MFBA events ( MFBA screen name Nick 2K2 SS). Anyhow, my challenger lift only required 4" thick concrete but the PSI rating of the concrete needed to meet a minimum requirement. Also my garage has the fiberglass filled concrete which helps the PSI rating as well. But when I was researching lifts I found quite a few that only required 4" thick. And if you are looking more at a 4post drive on lift I believe you would be good with your garage at 4" thick because the load is being distributed over 4 pads instead of just two and you the floor would only be seeing vertical forces and no bending moments like you would with 2 pads. Looks like I see the LS1 Tech 4th gen Camaro in the background. Didn't know if you still had that or if you have raced it recently. Nick.
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01-13-2014, 01:34 PM | #168 |
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MOAR PICTARS!
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