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This was after hours of patiently fighting with oil lines on the car in the background. I was starting to lose my mind...

The BendPak MD-6XP showed up today...It came with half as many M20 washers specified by the manual, so I couldn't put all the arms on. The instructions were a bit ambiguous, but I guess they figured if you can't put this together, you shouldn't be working under it. Some photos helped with the...

This $190 TireRack jack has never let me down: http://www.tirerack.com/accessories/detail.jsp?ID=67

For what it's worth, I called Eagle Equipment and a salesman offered to put me in touch with owners that they had recently sold some of these to. I never pursued it, but if you're interested, it seems like the phone is a better way to research these than the Internet.

Small sports cars mostly, but if I could get the wheels of my E150 off the ground, that would be nice. Not a huge concern. I have room for a two-post, but the layout of the garage is in flux, so non-permanent solutions are appealing to me. I also don't know if I'll be in this garage for much...

I'm thinking I should just get a cheap, temporary scissor lift and see what my real needs are in the future. I might put a 4-post lift in the other bay, which would offer a great deal in terms of flexibility and additional parking. I'll need to raise the garage door tracks before I can lift any...

Nothin', eh? This thing seems so interesting to me. Maybe I'll be the guinea pig.

Quite true, but it would be non-trivial for me to install fluorescent fixtures.

I am in search of a lifting solution for my garage and I stumbled on a few examples of a very interesting breed of lift with very little info out there about them. It seemed worth it to start a thread discussing them specifically, as I couldn't find anyone on this board that had used one...

As I slowly build out my garage, I've stumbled on some recent products that I'm very happy with in the lighting department. First up is a standard light bulb replacement. It is a 50W LED with a brightness equivalence of 250W-300W and it did not disappoint in light output. I have four sockets in...

Nobody here has used one of those pallet-jack lifts? How do I go about testing the thickness of my slab? Drill a hole in where I want the lift? Echo location?

Here's the GiroLift...Seems to be of a different design that bolts in: http://www.girolift.com/hpjproducts-19.html

Well that's just it, I don't see any big name company selling it at all. What I see is a company in China building a lift and a few small fries in the US painting it and flipping it with maybe a YouTube video showing how easy it is to move around. Here it is as the Master Series SPL-6. Here it...

Whoa. I didn't know anything like the Mobileman existed. That thing looks sweet. Is it safe to work under? I can't find any reviews.

Though the ceilings are 9', there is nothing above them but bare attic. My thought was that I could poke holes in the ceiling for the posts to get an extra foot or two of lift height vs something like a MaxJax (which calls for a 6" slab). Anything would be better than what I have, of course. I...

The crucial research...Installing a lift: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4362281

The day has finally arrived. I'm going to install a lift in my garage. An in-floor lift seems out of my price range, so I'm aiming for a two-post lift. The ceilings are 9' high. The floor is of unknown thickness and strength. Before I go researching lifts, it seems like I should figure out if...

Whoa, neighbors! It's an 1984 911 M491, which is a 930 with the non-turbo motor...except that motor was swapped for a bigger one. Details: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/822568-stickers-i-just-bought-my-dream-nightmare.html

There are many like it, but this one is mine. I have finally procured a garage. The plan is to slowly build it out as time and money allow. First order of business seems to be figuring out if my concrete will support a two-post lift. Second order of business is massive ceiling lighting. And of...

Ha! You are on Pelican! Pretty good build thread over there. I like the red, and I really like the gray.