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:thumbup: I've been slacking lately - lots of pictures collecting dust on the camera, no time to upload. The lift has been working out well, I love having it. They are great cars, made even sweeter by the low cost of entry. Anytime you spend more on go fast parts than on maintenance, you...

Not sure if that's a compliment or not...

Great thread, thanks for posting. I really love the class and elegance throughout the shop. Now, time to put the toys in there.

The C5 seats are garbage, I don't care how much you refinish or replace foam, they have poor control and really make the aggressive driving experience terrible. I have not yet autocrossed or road raced my 2000 FRC, only street driven so far. And yet on every highway on/off ramp that I take, I...

Warm enough to where I can work comfortably in a t-shirt and shorts, barefoot, in the dead of winter. The heater is probably far oversized for my space but it was the right price, and heats up the garage from 35* to 75* in just 5 minutes. The heat and the lift are easily the best tools in my...

Before After. Added paint, a unit heater, compressed air drops, fluorescent lighting, power drops, hose reel with hot water, a MaxJax lift that I custom installed by myself, and a Corvette :) Currently filthy with too many projects going on, but will eventually clean it up and take...

Don't let the seat ruin the experience of the car - there are a couple small things that the C5 gets knocked for that are easily fixable (seats, CAGS, crappy OEM runflat tires). I say go for it, they are fast, fun, reliable cars. Seats aren't in yet. I just finished up my vacuum cutout project...

Great setup, love how much space you have. How do you like the Rav4? My wife is in the market for one.

Thank you for your compliments. I love the lift, easily the best tool I've ever owned. Not only for its ability to work underneath a car comfortably, but sometimes you need to do work on top simultaneously with work underneath - so I just send the car up and down at the push of a button. That...

I have a "working garage", even if it's just my own vehicles as well as friends/family's cars too. I cut, grind, weld, paint, sand, etc and never have any issues with "grit" getting inside the columns. Not sure what your setup is, but my MaxJax would be fairly easy to clean out, if I ever cared...

Got the new front bumper on, looks good. Whole car needs a paint correction bad, I'll tackle that in the next couple weeks. Need to stick on a new front emblem, too. I did my wife's black A4 a few months ago and hers was in far worse shape to begin with, but turned out nicely - so I have hope...

No turbos. I want OEM reliability. Thinking about 4.10 gears, though. Been driving this thing a ton, trying not to work on it too much, it has needed nothing other than whatever I decide to tinker with for fun. IMG_1653[1] by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr IMG_1655[1] by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr...

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm maybe a winter project? Reliability is a priority for me ever since my 6.0 BMW splattered its brains out due to a broken valve spring :)

got that sweet bumper mod going photo by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr Coworker was waiting to leave the parking lot onto the street, when a kid on a bike comes whizzing down the sidewalk. Coworker decides to back up to let the kid pass in front of him. Coworker doesn't see my low car and...

I purposely jammed the lift over the right as far as possible because I wanted my wife to be able to park her car in the warm garage over the winter. I considered placing the lift in the center, but sometimes I will have an immobile car on there for weeks at a time, so that would have forced her...

nice, any pics?

E39 M5 wheels on C5. offset means no go. Otherwise looked nice, minus the ratty finish. image by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr C6 wheels image by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr Quick test fit. They really modernize the look of the car, the champagne/pewter color of the magnesium wheels is period correct...

I tried out the ramps last night and they're just long enough to where the lift arms hit them when sliding under the car. I'll end up cutting them down and it should be fine. No other motor mods for the time being. I did the whole cam/springs deal on the BMW and it was honestly a headache. The...

New front spring in. Only slightly scary jacking up this stiff *** spring while the car is on the lift and watching it all bounce around. Front bolts removed, only lowered it a bit as the old stock front adjusters were cranked as low as they could go. Ride quality is the same. I'm happy with the...

Lowering bolts came in. Rear will be a breeze to install, front spring will need to come out to be replaced, I'll thread in the new bolts then image by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr