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Had to get a garage door company to make my door a high lift - raising the rails up to the ceiling and changing out the springs to a single one above the door on the wall. They reused my screw type garage door opener, turned it up on it's end and anchored it to the floor with the motor in the air. Quote:
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I was thinking of having the lift on the single car garage side, but I'd have to take measurements to see if the four post would fit and allow you to drive in normally. I don't have an opener on that side yet and I could potentially get it all fitted properly for the lift when I do it so it'd be great to see how they did yours. Thanks to everyone for their comments and garage shots. Always good to pass such ideas past "the collective" to get feedback and point out potential issues before you even buy a product. I appreciate it!
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The garage door mods were 1100 +-. I don't have any pics but I'll try to take some for you. Happy to talk to you about it if you like, PM me with your number and we can set up a time to talk.
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The GDO is basically the same one they use at the BMW dealer, it is the same door, only the rails go vertical, and it just raises straight up rather than folding and going over the car, and uses the control panel with the "Up" "Down" and "Stop" buttons. All I know is the sucker who bought that house has to go back in the middle door to close the side doors every morning.
That said, it was built in 2000, there are more than likely improved systems for opening and closing it. I'm waiting for the force field. |
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I don't see how you can do wheel/brakie/suspension work with a 4-post lift you drive on to. Maybe I haven't been around enough lifts, but I always thought the 2 post with swing arms are decent ones since I see most mechanics with those.
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You'd basically need to just jacks/jackstands on the 4-poster. Both have pluses and minuses. You obviously need to bolt any 2-post in. I see a "caster kit" included with the Revolution, which should mean you can move it around. This would be a God send for me (I think). I need to take a bunch of measurements and see what'll work out best.
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I agree with you. Most mechanics/shops will use a 2 post lift, it's much easier.
Lifts from Rotary come in a number of configurations and are designed for a wide number of vehicles, all the way up to huge buses. The 4 post I use requires that I put jacks on the jack trays (they go between the drive on ramps) to lift the car for brakes/suspension work. You still have the ramps in the way a to get to the brakes, it's not optimal but it works well, just requires the extra step to jack the car up. You can use bottle jacks on the jack trays but I am going to upgrade an invest in air jacks in the spring/summer when I can work out there. I don't have a heater yet. I wanted the 4 post over 2 post because the lift is primarly used for storage and oil changes. If I was going to do lots of work on my cars, I'd go 2 post for sure. Quote:
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I considered the casters but didn't think I'd need to move the lift to the other side of the garage. Pretty cool idea though - seems well suited for larger garages where you have space to move things around more than I do.
A neighbor of mine has dollys under each of the tires of his car (not on a lift of course) and he moves three cars around side to side to get access to areas in his garage. He also can put cars right next to one another - I think he squeezed 3 cars side by side into his 2 car garage once. Quote:
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High lift garage door pics
Genie door opener - floor mounted
Existing door opener hanger connected to new arm bracket at the bottom of the garage door. Garage door track mounted next to ceiling (previously was approx 2.5 feet lower) and new door spring replacing 2 springs (one for each side) attached to bottom of the door. Last edited by X5rolls; 01-16-2009 at 06:45 PM. |
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