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Atlas 4 post here with trolley jacks, have had a couple cars that were very low, they scrapped on the ramps getting on the lift cleared the trolley jack once i removed the feet. mostly hit the subframe but once the lift was up i could roll the jacks and then pull the arms past the rockers drop...

i bite the bullet and just got 2 trolley jacks when i bought my lift, worth there weight in gold. Had to wait a month for the hydraulic pump to come in cause it was on back order and i spent that time using bottle jacks and floor jacks on the lift with the jack tray what a pain that was. the...

powder coat, tired to get it as close to the snap-on box as we could spent like an hour looking at color chips and trying to match it. thats the wife, she wanted to make it look better and some some vw fabric, there is route 66 themed fabric for the one over the side door.

my original plan was for a 2 post and the floor was poured thick with that in mind but i changed my mind when i started looking at my options and what I'm mostly going to use the lift for, its mostly for storage so i can get more cars out of the driveway, but don't get me wrong I've used the...

added 2 4ft 12v DC LED light bars to my 4 post using magnets to hold them on and make them movable, put a 12v transformer and switch under the rail and have a hanging extension cord that goes up and down with the lift.

work benches finally done

one work bench back from the powder coaters now on to build the second bench

got some new tools for the garage and got one of my benches built finally. and one of the benches, its off at the powder coaters right now, going to build the other one sometime this week. also got a new tig but don't have any pictures of it but its gotten a decent workout building the...

more progress, finally got the pumps for my rolling jacks that were on back order, also added some slim LED light bars to the lift, much easier to see now. added a telescoping mount for the free TV my buddy gave me and also got a free 20 year old parts washer that has never been used.

speakers work great, even loud they sound pretty good. amp is an audiosource AMP100 2 channel amp

atlas 409-hp and it was fairly simple to setup, just heavy 2 people made it much easier security cameras for inside and outside garage.

time for an update, lots going on with the garage. got some insulation in and some of the walls done. got all my CAT5 run and terminated in the garage still need to pull the wires out to the garage. started working on the new work benches took a little trip and picked up a new car...

lights are working great, no issues at all with them and still bright as the day they were installed.

did some more work, finally put the summer tires away bought a bunch of insulation started the ceiling but stopped to put a new shelf up. finished the ceiling, that sucked so much ladder moving glad im down to only walls now. will cover the ceiling this summer when its nicer out and...