Large Garage Lighting Design Help?

[Waffle House]

I'm working on the lighting design for my garage and could use a little advice. For actual lights I planned on using 6" LEDs like these. I'm just not sure how many of them or how they should be spaced out. Dimensions of the garage are 32' deep x 30' wide x 10.5' high at the sides / 15' in the middle. It's not a perfect rectangle and the floorplan should be attached which also shows existing windows. The doors have windows too.

It'll be pretty much open with one column in there. Not shown is that there will be a loft of some kind at the house end but it probably won't be too big. Garage will have HVAC so doors should be closed pretty much all the time.

Any ideas on how to light this place up?

 

[Kaizen]

Is this just to be pretty? Or is this for actual work?
Six leds like those will do maybe a quarter of that space. Standard we use is 4’ led fixtures.


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[cybrdyke]

For one thing, those are not light fixtures. They are retrofit kits that go into existing downlights. You cant use them all by themselves.
Another thing, you'd need a whoooole bunch of them to properly light that space.

Like Kaizen said, define what you're trying to accomplish here. Are you just parking cars in there or are you running an auto repair business? If it's just a residential garage, how fancy do you want it to be? What's your budget?
CD

 

[Waffle House]

For one thing, those are not light fixtures. They are retrofit kits that go into existing downlights. You cant use them all by themselves.
Another thing, you'd need a whoooole bunch of them to properly light that space.

Like Kaizen said, define what you're trying to accomplish here. Are you just parking cars in there or are you running an auto repair business? If it's just a residential garage, how fancy do you want it to be? What's your budget?
CD

I've used a number of the 4" ones in various parts of the house and it was just a way to describe the sort of thing that was on my mind at the time.

Answering Kaizen's question a little of both. It's for cars and a riding mower to be parked in, planning for a lift in the middle, and I'm going to restore a F-100 in there. I also enjoy detailing but don't go completely overboard with it. You could say I'm shooting for both in terms of looks and functionality. Right now the place isn't award winning, but it's free from clutter. Running new wire will not be a problem and I figured maybe a couple thousand $ for lighting would be able to make it look pretty nice in there? I'd like to avoid fluorescent tubes and fixtures hanging down on chains. I've tried searching but haven't really found much.

If it matters the floor will be tile of some sort (might do VCT again) and walls will be white. There are four windows + garage door windows. The place will have heating and air; I'm in Charleston, SC and humidity is brutal for a good chunk of the year.

Thanks for the help so far!