S4ordie

http://www.ehow.com/info_12208652_re...es-garage.html

http://www.google.com/search?q=garag...LYeO2wWrqYG4CQ

Kevin in Atlanta

Awesome! Thanks for the links. The ehow looks very promising. Raise the garage roof

AirtekHVAC

If you have the extra property, for a little over $8k, I got this...

depami

Really, what a deal.

Around here $8K barely covers the concrete.

AirtekHVAC

Building , 21x44 installed for $8200 + tax. Pad was $2500

I did get a deal on the pad, as the same supplier was/is delivering my basement floor, walls, patio, and garage / driveway concrete. High bay is 14'...I want the 4 post style lift, so I can have a car up, and still be able to work on another underneath. 1 oops, you can see the pad was short under the right- lean to side...a typo from the mfg. of the building was the cause...gonna fix that when my patio is poured in a few weeks.

jorj7

From the ads, it seems that it'll go up 45". Also, they seemed to have raised the price by $400.

sendarius

If the floor is either too thin, or too weak, it's no big deal.

I had two holes cut in the existing (too thin) floor, and two blocks of concrete installed.

Blocks are 600mm wide and start 600mm (2') outside the first post mounting point, and extend to 600 mm past the other post (with the posts at Dr Bob's 135" separation).

Including cutting, trenching, reinforcing steel, concrete, and cleanup it took 4 hours, and cost $800.

audipwr1

Do you have to have the full 89 inches of ceiling height in order to put the top most safety pin in?

If not what is the required height?

Rob Edwards

Not sure I've seen that measurement, but I can put mine up all the way tonight and see how tall the top of the 928 is.

dr bob

See my post 131 in this thread for the dimensions. You'll want at least 94" of ceiling for a 928 S4+ with roof antenna, car on the standard 3" pad extensions. These are the ones that net you 48" of pad height. You can leave them out, and gain that 3". Don't have a roof antenna? Take out another 2" for that.

You need to consider how the garage door fits above the car, and also any ceiling lighting over the roof of the car. Inches can get really precious.


You don't state what car you'll be lifting, and no 928s in your signature. For other cars (any car) you can do some tape-measure math. Measure the height of the highest point on the car, and subtract the height at the lift points on the car where the lift pads will contact. Add 48", and you have the absolute minimum ceiling clearance number. You can take 3" out of that if you don't use the included 3" pins. Same considerations for garage door and overhead lighting still apply.

Herman K

Mercedes 4dr and Chevy pick up truck as well

But most of all you'll need the seat

upstate bob

Herman, I like the cup holder. Can't work without beer. The maxjax looks like a decent piece of equipment. Regarding anchors: having experience with wejits and others you will be better off with cutting off your own threaded rod and using a good quality anchoring cement. Bigger holes of course. I think I have 150 ftlbs on my rotary base anchors.

Rick3452

As you can probably see, I cut the rafters out (trussed roof) so when the Pontiac goes up, the 928 fits nicely under it.

audipwr1

The roof hits before the shafts of the lift?

The specifications of the maxjax say 89 inches at full extension

Lifting a 997 gt3 and spec miata