Buying a new house and it's got a damn nice garage (WAY better than my current cave that BARELY fits my Golf R). 3 bays, high ceiling, even has a high lift door for the final bay.
I was looking into installing a 2 post lift (for wheel swaps, suspension work, brake swaps, etc.), and through some research here came upon the MaxJax. While the extra height of a "real"lift would be nice, especially if I ever get a project car and want to pack underneath it, I'm not sure I want to deal with the post int he way of the 2nd bay all the time, especially since it would be on the driver's side. More specifically, I'm concerned that certain family members would open a door right into it
So, the ability to remove one post, shove it back up against the wall, and only pull it out when needed seems like a great option.
A 4 post would also be possible, but it seems like it would be much harder to do what I typically do to cars wheels-off work. Majority of work will be on smaller cars (my R, friend's Miata, some other autocross car in the future) and the occasional crossover (my wife's Outback or some other future small-mid sized SUV). Work would tend to be somewhat sporadic, so posts would tend to only be up 1-2 weekends a month.
For reference, here's the garage layout. My golf's outline is the large rectangle, MaxJax posts are shown with the two small squares (at 115in outside spacing), larger rectangle around them is a BendPak GP-7 for reference.
I was looking into installing a 2 post lift (for wheel swaps, suspension work, brake swaps, etc.), and through some research here came upon the MaxJax. While the extra height of a "real"lift would be nice, especially if I ever get a project car and want to pack underneath it, I'm not sure I want to deal with the post int he way of the 2nd bay all the time, especially since it would be on the driver's side. More specifically, I'm concerned that certain family members would open a door right into it
So, the ability to remove one post, shove it back up against the wall, and only pull it out when needed seems like a great option.
A 4 post would also be possible, but it seems like it would be much harder to do what I typically do to cars wheels-off work. Majority of work will be on smaller cars (my R, friend's Miata, some other autocross car in the future) and the occasional crossover (my wife's Outback or some other future small-mid sized SUV). Work would tend to be somewhat sporadic, so posts would tend to only be up 1-2 weekends a month.
For reference, here's the garage layout. My golf's outline is the large rectangle, MaxJax posts are shown with the two small squares (at 115in outside spacing), larger rectangle around them is a BendPak GP-7 for reference.
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