43bullet

I'd like to purchase a lift for my garage. To those of you that have lifts, what works well for you and a porsche??

I have a ceiling height of 8 feet which limits me a bit.

thanks for any and all suggestions.

smlporsche

8" will limit your choices considerably...
What do you want to do with it?

43bullet

easily lift the 911, change oil, rotors, pads. perhaps drop an engine if needed. knowing my jack points makes me wonder how a scissor lift would work, if it would work.

Todsimpson

I've got your typical flat roof 1930 garage, with just over 8 feet ceiling height. A scissor lift was my only option, it's a Bendpak MD6-XP.

It's great for engine drops, brake work and just about anything else you need to do on a 911. Note the ramps on the ground, you really can't drive over this lift without them.

I have some transmission and drive shaft work coming up on the BMW, and I expect that to be a challenge-the lift is right under the stuff I need to get to.

On a 911 though, you can get to everything, front and rear.

43bullet

where do you place the pads for the lift onthe 911?

Chaos

Sissor for your needs.

ltc

Midrise scissors:
https://rennlist.com/forums/964-foru...-new-lift.html

or

Maxjax:
https://rennlist.com/forums/993-foru...or-lift-2.html
http://www.maxjaxusa.com/

67FJ45

Right under the jack points. The pads are ~6" square. I put together some plates with protruding oval pins that go into the oblong holes in the jack points on my 996. See photo. I threaded a hole into the steel base of the pad and installed a stud. Bolted onto the stud, from the pad up, there are:
- a 2" x 2" x 0.5" steel plate (I used two 0.25" thick plates; this helps the pad clear the bodywork on the car).
- a Shimano bicycle shoe cleat, ground down on one side to make it an oval (it fits into the jack point hole perfectly).
- a washer.
- a nut to hold it all onto the stud.

Notice in the pic that the plates are centered on the pads for two of the jack points (front wheels) and are offset for the other two (rear points). This is so they all clear the underbody work.

The jack points are positively engaged with this setup, and the pads don't touch the bodywork at all. Hope this helps.

NaroEscape

if you want to get really fancy with a sissor lift, check this out...
not sure you can see the pics without logging it, but try...

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.p...pic=84544&st=0

if not, I'll cut and paste the pics.

jaholmes

I have the Mid-rise scissor lift and it works great, but it always seem to be in the way, even with ramps and parking on top of it. I would seriously consider the maxjax lift. The maxlift is my next upgrade.

I had these made up for the jack points. The design is from mikej.

Todsimpson

There is some good discussion of lift points here-

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...ng-points.html

43bullet

damn - recessing the scissor lift is brilliant! there wern't any pics of the finished install, would be great to see this...

Julian Allen

Here's a garage with the Bend Pak lift recessed--




And here's my shop with the same lift recessed, up at working height. Since my car is a 968 I particularly like the flat floor at the front of the car.




And here's the lift down at the other end. I put an aluminum plate over the open recess after this photo was taken.




Hopefully, these give you an idea of the result. It was a several month weekend project, but it's really nice to be able to bring a low car in on.

NaroEscape

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TeamDrugMoney

Hmmmm Winter Project!