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The Max Jax is great. I had one for a few years when I lived in NH. Feels very stable.
I suggest you invest in the shortest stool you can find, as it doesn't lift very high and you end up craning your neck all the time while doing stuff under the car. Lifts are wonderful devices. One day I'll expand my garage and put a lift in |
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BTW: get some insulation on those garage doors! Helps keep the garage at a more moderate temp. Be sure to maintain torque on the bolts on your lift. They can move around a bit due to expansion/contraction. I torqued my big lift (1k lbs each post) at least once per year.
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Good eye! Yes it is 12ft but not for the length of the whole bay. The ceiling steps down—-most likely just to accommodate a regular garage door track and mechanism. You could change the ceiling because it is open up above, but it’s a lot of money. Also, it’s the closest bay to the entry into the house. It’s not practical to make the first bay into a lift. You’d come down the stairs into the garage and slam right into a lift.....
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Hmm... I'm sure you already considered it, but I'd probably still exploit it to park the e90 up on the lift and the e92 under it.
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Being able to park one more car in the garage for $15k is not worth it to me. The extra car would be my daughter's SUV. My 2013 Tundra does not have electric folding mirrors. The truck is 96" tip-to-tip. The garage doorway is 91". I would have to jump out of the truck and fold the mirrors every time I went in and out. Forget that. So, as much as I love my daughter, I don't see any value in spending $15k so she can park inside. And besides, I like the E90 being on the floor. I like seeing it! Also, my E90 race car is not meant to be a permanent resident of CO. Hopefully later this year it will return to CA.
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Please don't tell me that's a home garage!!!
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Definitely more crowded in my garage but it gets the job done.
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Looks like you're making some real trouble in that garage! One suggestion: I've heard that running a recycle container on the front like that is terrible for aero!
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Talk about a night and day difference! It is SO much quieter it is hard to express. And the automatic dead bolt lock is fantastic as well. This is a very worth it modification |
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ahhhh------Winter tracking in Colorado.....
Was looking forward to going to High Plains Raceway today. In the Winter, they have Open Lapping Days every weekend----Tentatively----meaning, the day only happens if the weather is good enough AND they get enough sign ups. The weather was looking good today----probably perfect for setting some fast laps----high 43ºF. They have a phone message system that updates the situation and it said it was looking like there wasn't enough sign ups. Let me tell you how sad I am------I emailed the track manager and said I was willing to buy a few more driver slots if the sign ups were close to the minimum. For me, that's still cheaper than a semi-exclusive day. And with me buying up several slots, that means even less cars out there. He said they don't allow that, and that we weren't close to the minimum anyway......C'MON COLORADO TRACK JUNKIES!!!! WHERE'S THE COMMITMENT!!!??? GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER!! hahahaha So the day was cancelled....It was the perfect setup too because my wife is in the mountains skiing all weekend. I didn't even have to trade any good will points for this one! On a different topic, I believe I have sorted the recessed threads for the lift. The threads were just such a bizarre problem.....Anyway, I lifted my E92 to the maximum height several times and then left it at max height for over 12 hours. No issues.
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