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Okay - so here's the scoop - with some pictures I hope help explain.
My ceiling height (yes unfinished right now - I know!) is 111 inches.
The bottom of the ramp is at 52 inches from the floor:
The ramp is 4.5 inches:
The gap between the top of the car under the ramp and the bottom of the ramp is ~`1.5 - 2 inches:
The gap between the top of the car on top of the ramp and the ceiling is 5.5 inches:
Super helpful!
If you were to raise the ramp to the next highest lock point what would the height be from floor to bottom of the ramp? My C4S is 52" ish high. With that info I can add the rest and get more confident in fit.
Cool so I will have 5.5" above top car assuming all my measurements are accurate. Super tight fit though.
What's your situation?
I have a GT3 on the way that I want to put at the top of the lift. The car at the bottom is 57" tall, so based on BendPak's clearance height's table I need to put the lift in position 3. This leaves 58.1" - 59.8" underneath the runways/ramp. Add 4.5" for the ramps themselves and 50" for the GT3 and you get a total height of 112.6" - 114.3". With a ceiling height of 116" this is going to be extremely tight since you also need to raise the lift up to 2 inches before releasing the air locks that put it in its resting position.
I don't fully understand the min - max values that BendPak provides for each locking position. Dalema describes his resting position as 52". This is resting position 5 and the listed min max values for that position are 50.1 - 51.9 which in Dalema's case means he's close to the max. In my case the max means that I have 1.7" of clearance before lowering it in its resting position which might not be enough. I have an inquiry outstanding with BendPak to explain the min max values in their tables, but haven't gotten a very clear answer yet.
I have a GT3 on the way that I want to put at the top of the lift. The car at the bottom is 57" tall, so based on BendPak's clearance height's table I need to put the lift in position 3. This leaves 58.1" - 59.8" underneath the runways/ramp. Add 4.5" for the ramps themselves and 50" for the GT3 and you get a total height of 112.6" - 114.3". With a ceiling height of 116" this is going to be extremely tight since you also need to raise the lift up to 2 inches before releasing the air locks that put it in its resting position.
I don't fully understand the min - max values that BendPak provides for each locking position. Dalema describes his resting position as 52". This is resting position 5 and the listed min max values for that position are 50.1 - 51.9 which in Dalema's case means he's close to the max. In my case the max means that I have 1.7" of clearance before lowering it in its resting position which might not be enough. I have an inquiry outstanding with BendPak to explain the min max values in their tables, but haven't gotten a very clear answer yet.
That sounds very tight. Exposed truss? If so, maybe you have enough space between trusses to fit the cars roof peak?
Same boat, I don't know what those mean either. I would assume once on locks it's set at a fixed height. I was planning to ask when I call the Canadian distributor to inquire about installers. Let us know when you hear back.
I have a GT3 on the way that I want to put at the top of the lift. The car at the bottom is 57" tall, so based on BendPak's clearance height's table I need to put the lift in position 3. This leaves 58.1" - 59.8" underneath the runways/ramp. Add 4.5" for the ramps themselves and 50" for the GT3 and you get a total height of 112.6" - 114.3". With a ceiling height of 116" this is going to be extremely tight since you also need to raise the lift up to 2 inches before releasing the air locks that put it in its resting position.
I don't fully understand the min - max values that BendPak provides for each locking position. Dalema describes his resting position as 52". This is resting position 5 and the listed min max values for that position are 50.1 - 51.9 which in Dalema's case means he's close to the max. In my case the max means that I have 1.7" of clearance before lowering it in its resting position which might not be enough. I have an inquiry outstanding with BendPak to explain the min max values in their tables, but haven't gotten a very clear answer yet.
yeah - that sounds really tight! You’re thinking about it the right way though. It will all come down to how close of a locking position you can get the car on the bottom - but yours is even tighter than mine I think.
it is really unclear as I think the locking positions are not the bottom of the ramp, but somewhere in between. If you do just add 4 inches I’m not sure you’d get a 57 inch car under it. I’ll take the cars off though and move it up to the next locking position and tell you what the clearance is underneath and on top - will be a couple of days though. I’ll do the next 2lockimg positions.
That sounds very tight. Exposed truss? If so, maybe you have enough space between trusses to fit the cars roof peak?
Unfortunately not.
Originally Posted by Dalema
I’ll take the cars off though and move it up to the next locking position and tell you what the clearance is underneath and on top - will be a couple of days though. I’ll do the next 2lockimg positions.
01-26-2018, 09:26 AM
so I will have 5.5" above top car assuming all my measurements are accurate. Super tight fit though.