Cable box is wired, just will take time to get to it. Removing the entire suspension this weekend and installing M030 sways, sphericals, delrin, motons, arms and torsion delete. It's going to be a work party!

 

This garage looks even better in person - evryone's envy is well founded. I had the pleasure of seeing it yesterday while picking up the Bilstien cup suspension.

Good point about the beer fridge though.......

 

Thanks Nick,

I just pm'd Stepen re; doing the whole suspension project this weekend and offered, if you guys want, to handle your shifter & exhaust leak first/simultaneously at my house.

 

hahahha nice

 

Sounds good, though Sunday is better for me as the boat is being launched Saturday morning on Portage Lake....

If you & Stephen want to spend Saturday on your suspension, I can bring my car over on Sunday & help with whatever is left to do - or just sit around in your fancy garage drinking warm beer.

Recommend spraying down all of the bolts with some pb breaker a couple of days before to ensure easy removal.

 

Good idea, will do when I get in on Friday night. Have plenty of beer, including Guiness, at the ready. In the house I have a dedicated beverage fridge, will make sure the wife re-stocks before the weekend. Need to get one in the shop asap.

 

That's not a shop, it's a living room with cars in it. Very nice, I wish I could muster the motivation to finish my electrical and drywall. Can I ask where you got your lift?

 

Aresco is the local supplier. Not a name brand but certified with a capacity of 8,000 lbs. Just over $2k installed.

 

extremely nice.

I'm truly jealous. A friend has a lift and there is nothing that makes wrenching easier.

 

WOW! If I had a garage like that I'd never leave!

 

that is my dream right there... and seeing as im in college, i'd be more than willing to have a place like that with a bed in the corner and call it my house.

 

As you Americans like to say...' Awesome! '.

 

I think the oriental rug makes the place... I'll have to look into getting one of those for my garage!

To all the people thinking about lifts - it is, hands down, some of the best money you can spend. Every time I use mine, I think, "I should have gotten one of these years ago!"

 

How hard was the lift to install? I've seen pics of your garage and like it. Does a lift need extra support or just the clearance up top?

-Darwin

 

There is a concrete minimum thickness that is specified by the lift manufacturer (I think mine might have been 6"). I had the luxury of building my garage, so we were easily able to make the floor a little thicker where I was going to put the lift.

Then I had to wait 4 long weeks to let the concrete fully cure... Finally, I got the lift posts set in place, then used a hammer drill and a 3/4" masonry bit to drill the anchor holes in the floor. This step, 8 holes per post, was the most time consuming.

Then I put the anchors in and did my post leveling (plumb) with shims that are "U" shaped and go around the anchor, between the floor and the post. Once the shims were in place, I put the nuts on the anchors and started torquing away (periodically checking plumbness). Once I reached torque (which was a lot) they were all set.

I wired a power cord dropping down from the ceiling, put on the lift arms, and ran my hydraulic lines.

Did a test run unloaded... then I got our least expensive car, and lifted it right up! Boy was I a happy camper!