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Old 09-19-2012, 03:43 PM
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Just finished remodeling my crappy rental garage. even if you are renting it's no excuse for your 993 to sleep in a **** hole.

http://www.sportscarguyspeaks.com/20...st-garage.html



If anyone has photos of his/her garage, I'd love to see them. I'm still working on a bigger blog called "Garage Envy" So send them or post them here. Thanks.
Bad garage photos are welcome too, but i WILL tease.
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A very entertaining read, thanks for posting. I poked around at some of your other entries and enjoyed them too.

I recently did something pretty similar in renovating our two car garage to be a more pleasant place for the car guy - with nice cabinets, a new workbench, a bunch of tools, upgraded lighting, racedeck floors, etc... It came out very nice. Only problem is that it is a 2 car garage and we have 4 cars...
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Here are some bad pics of my garage (cars keep getting in the way). Let me know if you want better ones.
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Old 09-19-2012, 04:16 PM
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I rebuilt my 993 my ex-964 engines in this tiny 1-car garrage. I somehow fitted EVERYTHING into the garrage and was able to do the rebuild inside with the garrage door closed since it was January. The only fancy thing I have in there is a 13 inch TV for Top Gear and car shows.

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Old 09-19-2012, 04:36 PM
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Our old garages......we miss them....a lot.
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Some nice garages here! Hey cowhorn, where did you get those Porsche timeline posters?
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Some pics...
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I went the epoxy floor route with a wall mount hanging system for shelving, etc. Here some pics of the final
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A stack of 13" Hoosier's make a nice vanity for the man cave.
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Old 09-19-2012, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by 963K993
A stack of 13" Hoosier's make a nice vanity for the man cave.
Everything in that pic is so cool I can't stand it
Love the plumbing!

Great ideas...
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'boy, these are great images for my blog. I hope nobody objects to me stealing them off here.

Now to move and get my new car settled.

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Right after we built it.
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Sounds like you then need two 4 post lifts

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. . . very nice. Only problem is that it is a 2 car garage and we have 4 cars...
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AFKC,

Can you park a car under your lift? Your garage looks similar to mine in that I have the support beam going across it. I'd love a 4post in it but concerned on clearance.

Love the garage pics guys.

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