Recent content by E30 Racer

I'd have to dig up the reference, but its my understanding the lesser voltage is about 40-50% slower. Practically speaking, that equates to an additional 15-20 seconds or so.

I plan to order an HD-7W in a few days, and have a few final details I'd really appreciate feedback on. Wiring When the garage was built, I had a 30A 220 junction box installed in the 14' ceiling above where I had planned to install a 2 post lift. Plans changed, so to make this work with...

Four year old concrete driveway. Originally densified and sealed with Ghostshield Lithi-Tek 4500 and Siloxa-Tek 8505. Worked OK, but was not particularly impressed by the protection...spalling still occurred in a few high-traffic areas. Perhaps it was sprayed on too thin, although two coats...

I like the XPR-10AS, but will be using the lift with both vehicle orientations (forward and rear facing).

Thanks, btw. White car in the first pics is a 1M. It's nuts. An M2 would be an awesome daily.

Ideally I'd like to maintain the space, but you're right...that is an option. Squeezing into a show car *****, and can mess things up. No matter how careful you are stupid things happen.

Thanks again for the feedback guys, I really appreciate it. The 4-post on the right will be committed to car storage only. The car its been assigned to sees very little use, and I don't want to go through the whole car shuffle thing just to change the oil on a daily (keep in mind this is a...

Good eye. The garage is indeed double deep, so this won't be a problem for the daily. In my first pics, the space between the right side posts of the HD-7P is just over 12". That leaves about the same amount of space to the wall as the left door of the left car to the left wall...basically...

Looks great! Any reason you chose stainless for one counter and butcher block for the other? Trying to make that decision for myself.

Thanks for the feedback. The holes will all be greater than 1-ft from the control joints, and the slab is about 10" deep in that area, so I'm not too worried about that issue. I am, however, worried about reasonable accessibility to the cars, so your point about the inboard post of the...

How wide is your lift, inside post-to-post?

After years of deferral, I think I've finally decided on my garage lift configuration. I should (barely) be able to install a Grand Prix GP-7 2-post on the left, and a Bendpak HD-7P 4-post on the right. The two-post will be used to perform basic vehicle work, while the 4-post will be used...

Just curious. I'm planning my Bendpak install, but have a relatively narrow garage (21 ft). The narrow configuration would fit the best, but I'm worried about usability. Glad your issues appear to have been properly resolved.

Honestly, I'm less concerned about getting in and out of the car than being able to properly orient the arms.

If I opt for the wide config, the stored car will have 1 ft between it and the lift post *and* 1 ft between it and the adjacent wall. Not much, but that thing never moves...it's an '87 BMW with 5.1k miles. I'm renting a 10x40 ft unit now, and the driver's side of the cars are 3 ft from the...