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Old Jul 27, 2008 | 07:36 PM
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Hi John,
The crappy pictures are really nice & so is the car & the super duper lift and the tile floor is not to shabby either.
It looks to me that your car is 2ft. off the floor.Is that as high as you can go? How are the signal mirrors working?I hope that nightmare went away for good. I like the rear halo lights also. Did you ever hear of the sliding robots they go under heavy furniture & other items, makes moving heavy stuff a one man or woman job. Llite as a feather,on carpets & floor tiles. also leaves no marks.Any way thats a really nice set up you have.
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Old Jul 27, 2008 | 08:07 PM
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that was a long time to 'finally get it up'! Congrats, it looks like it will hold the rider.
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Old Jul 27, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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good job
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Old Jul 27, 2008 | 09:04 PM
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Nice!
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Old Jul 27, 2008 | 09:07 PM
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Nice job with the lift. Your garage looks great (as does the car).
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Old Jul 27, 2008 | 09:07 PM
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I dig my Kwiklift, too. FYI, I bought a rolling 5 gallon fluid drain dolly for $30-ish at Harbor Freight. I had to modify it so it'd essentailly be only the funnel portion immediately on top of the reservoir, but it works great- I've used it for oil, transmission, and diff so far!
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Old Jul 27, 2008 | 09:17 PM
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car does look great, also
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Old Jul 27, 2008 | 09:19 PM
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I was reallly wondering when I read the title of this thread.... Anyway, congrats and real nice looking garage... Makes me want to remodel mine now.....
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Originally Posted by Choreo
I have a black car... so I have ALWAYS just detailed it. However, it actually has a pretty good coat of dust on it in these pics.
I have a black one too, always detailing...Well the dust doesn't show at all, you took some beautiful pictures!
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Old Jul 28, 2008 | 03:38 PM
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Old Jul 28, 2008 | 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by robsc501
Hi John,
It looks to me that your car is 2ft. off the floor.Is that as high as you can go? How are the signal mirrors working?I hope that nightmare went away for good. I like the rear halo lights also. Did you ever hear of the sliding robots they go under heavy furniture & other items, makes moving heavy stuff a one man or woman job. Llite as a feather,on carpets & floor tiles. also leaves no marks.Any way thats a really nice set up you have.
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Bottom of the tires are about 2-ft off floor - so the bottom of the car is about 30" from floor. Buy adding a jack to the optional crossbeam and using jackstands on the Kwik-Lift you can go a bit higher - allowing you to remove all the wheels.

Have not had any problems with the Signal mirrors since the ordeal.

I use the sliders on just about all my furniture in the house, but on this non-skid tile the casters were a better choice - both permanent and silent (so I don't wake up the neighbors). These would also require bending over to move them as they hug the floor in the down position - with the casters, I can just guide them around with my foot standing up. I also use the 4" rubber ball-bearing casters on my detailing seat (cost more than the entire seat from Griots), but one gentle push and you are at the other end of the car - totally silent - I find myself just riding it around the garage when nobody is looking.

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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 02:34 AM
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Awesome garage!
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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 11:00 AM
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Very nice setup you have there. Congrats on your engineering!
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