WKMCD

I don't have enough ceiling height to run a full height lift and I keep wondering what the limitations are on a scissor lift.

Comments?

GR8-LIFE

heck ya. many of us have them. My lift goes up to 56" I think. I just get on seat and roll around. I am also short so that helps

WKMCD

Perfect!!!

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GR8-LIFE

Mine is a NORCO. I know a couple on here have the Bendpak (blue in color) If you search on Mid rise lifts you will find a bunch of them. Best investment I ever made for the car.

You can do quite a bit of work because the entire body hangs off the lift. You can Change sway bars (front and rear), shocks, do pads, brakes, oil, replace diff and tranny fluids, install an exhaust. Diagnosing small problems becomes easier too. You can do just about anything Except remove the tranny and torque tube. I even removed the cats. Also just replaced a hose that goes to one of the Turbos, And I am definitely not a DIY guy. It takes me forever to get things done too

My only regret was that when I bought it (5 years ago) that I had not bought it before that and killed myself with jack stands and jacking up the car all the time. What A PITA that was Everything becomes easier when it is at chest to eye level

Very nice white vert BTW. Looks sweet with those black wheels. They look like CCW's. I have CCW's for track days

DaBoz

Do you need to drive up on 2x's first????

C5C6Norm

Atlas Pro 6MR from www.gregsmithequipment.com

GR8-LIFE

Is thay you garage? I was thinking of creating a pocket in my garage floor like in your pics did but I didnt want to get into that kind of work. So I had raceramps recently create customized 10' foor ramps which only weigh 20 lbs each (Until then I had aheavier solution which worked but the new ramps are a breeze) My other cars drive over the ramp without a problem. Thats why my vette is always on the right side of the garage


But yours looks very nice Why did you go with a mid rise lift though? Looks like you have plenty of height for a conventional 2 post lift.

GR8-LIFE

You will need some kind of ramp unless you create a pocket of some sort in the garage floor. I used an aluminum ramp solution that I custom built myself until I came up with a simpler solution and design a few months ago. I gave the specs to Raceramps.com and they built the ramps for me. (please dont ask why I didnt use boards - I got tired of answering that one )

Each ramp on each side is 12 foot long, 4" high and has a 3' foot approach at a 6 degree angle. And each ramp weighs only 20 lbs. Raceramps does good work

C5C6Norm

Had the lift in my old garage, which I had to drive up on two 2x12 to clear it. Didn't want to do that again, pit was the logical answer.

Really don't need a two post, the current is quite satisfactory for my needs, just a waxer now and change the oil & filter. Garage is 40x40, have plenty of room.

Vetteman Jack

Just went out and measured the height in my garage. I have a steel support beam that runs the width of the garage and is right at 7' off the floor. Would any of these mid-rise lifts work with that low of a ceiling height and still give enough clearance to get some work done?

GR8-LIFE

ya, i know what you mean. Been there, done that. Too heavy for me to mess with. Even the lighter cedar wood was a pain. My custom ramps from raceramps are a piece of cake. They are 16" wide so I just throw them down along the side of the lift and thats it. Pick em up and store them when i am done

GR8-LIFE

measure the height of the car, but not from the ground, rather, start from below the rockers, then add 54" (4.5 feet) and see what you end up with, These lifts dont go higher than 54" Some dont go higher than 48"

BTW, some days my back is bothering me and I use a creeper. In those cases, the car is only 24"-30" off the ground.

C5C6Norm

Jack, my lift will go up 54", height of car is about 46", subtract 5" or so that the lifting points under the car will give back, so by my figures, you should get the roof up to at 95". 7' is 84", subtract the height of the car, so you should have about 43" clearance under the car.

That's plenty of height to change the oil, take off wheels, clean and wax the sides sitting on a bar stool, etc. I love that not bending over at my age.

Go for it, you won't be disappointed, just make sure you have a safety stop so the lift doesn't go higher than that beam.

atmsrus1

I have a MaxJax 2 post lift coming soon, they are made for lower ceilings also. I was looking at one of these before I decided on the MaxJax....

WKMCD

Just looked that up..Costco has them for $1,899 including shipping. Pretty good deal.

GR8-LIFE

My garage ceiling is just under 9 feet. I thought about a 2 post lift but I didnt want to get into having to drill and anchor the posts into the ground. When my car need serious work , like clutch or tranny work, I take her to an expert who has doen plenty of work on C5's. We have a good performance shop that mostly works on corvettes not far from me

burbleflyer

How do you do the exhaust work with that? Doesn't it cover the tunnel?

v1 rot8

on my mind as well

bumble-z

I would think that a scissor lift would be very restrictive on doing the more serious mods.

Quite fine for brake work, etc.

That Maxjax, would be the way to go. That way you could handle any thing that is thrown at you.I think to be properly installed on an existing garage floor, you would have to cut out the floor area where the 2 post stands would be & put a proper reinforced footing tied into your existing floor.

Both are nice units and are for owners different work plans.

GR8-LIFE

You can do much more than brake work on mid rise lifts. Any Suspension mods (New sways, new shocks), replacing the exhaust, even gutting the cats. You can change all fluids. I have even replaced turbo hoses from underneath.

Dropping the Torque tube, tranny work, gears etc) and clutch work are about the only thing you cant do as best as I can tell.