Sold my C6 so preparing for the C7, which is apparently about ~2 inches wider than the C6 and will require care entering my 8 foot door, that has a 93 inch, molding opening edge to edge . The C7 should be ~85 inches mirror tip to tip. That leaves ~4 inches on either side when pulling in staight-difficult to do easily in the spot I park! Since there is time before the Crystal Red, Z51 with NPP on order will be delivered, decided to build some aids to help when pulling into and backing out of the garage. Even if needed only 1/1000 times, especially if I get complacent, it is far cheaper than a mirror repair!!
Pics below are:
My '34 ProStreet Rod (8.2 liter BB Chevy) that sits in the middle of a 3 car garage. The Vette will go in the bay next to the wall (when NOT using the welder!) Built my own wall bumper which worked fine for the C6. Takes some flexibility getting out but that keeps me in shape! The other bay is for my wife's SUV.
One aid is a convex mirror with spot light and laser parking aid (you can see the red Laser dot, on the door.
The other is a limit switch alarm that should be useful when backing out at night, the limit switch arm is set 2 inches from the door edge. Note the red indicator light that flashes when activated! Less than $20 worth of parts on eBay.
They were fun to build. Want details, email: [email]Jerry_Uttrachi@NetWelding.com

 

Sure ...

 

Thanks,
I've been thinking of doing the same, but was still trying to fathom how I would make the transition and where.

 

The tile floors look good in the garage.

 

Porcelain is very hard. The tile has been on the floor now for 1 year and no cracks or chips. Also easy to clean.

Porcelain tile is also a little thicker than ceramic tile.

Easy install (for a real tile installer) over your standard cement garage floor.

You lay it with the same mortar as you would any tile flooring. Grout is standard too.

Porcelain tile is normally "Rectified" (perfectly square edges), so you can use very narrow spacing between the tile (narrow grout lines).

 

Here was my price breakdown:




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Floor looks great. Agree porcelain is not only harder it can tolerate a small amount of bending, more than ceramic.
Used commercial vinyl tile on my garage floor (1/8 inch thick.) Easy to install and the pic in the above comment showing my Street Rod was taken 10 years after the floor installation. It does discolor where the tires rest and has some other minor stains. Just checked and it currently cost about 1$/sqaure foot at Lowes. A relatively easy DIY project and more durable than paint.

 

I actually now have a heavy-duty shelving unit on the back wall. When I took that pic I had just started parking the GT-R in the garage and probably had it there that day taking measurements. But yeah...I still keep it pretty close to the garage door.
S.

 

How'd you get your C7 so fast?! It looks great in white!




J/K

 

Does anyone know how the tile and grout would hold up against road salt residue?

 

My condo association wouldn't like me tiling just my parking spot.

 

Here are a few pics of where my new C7 will bed down. I built it a couple of years ago and have really enjoyed the place. The Camaro is a child sent to Lingenfelter for some fun factor. It has been futher modded and now puts down 706 horses at the rear wheels big Brembo calipers on RacingBrake Rotors, and a full Pedders supensension. She is not just straight line fast but will hit 1.38 g's on her racing shoes.
Can't wait to start modding this new Vette!

 

WOW what a garage.

 

WOW(ing) at these garages !

 

uhh yeah - these garages are freaking amazing!

my house is over a hundred years old, and I am not sure how old my detached garage is.. but it's up there..

getting it ready for the 7th Gen car? this will involve making sure the ZR-1 is over far enough so I can park the Stingray next to it.

Oh, and telling wifey she must now park on the parking pad, outside next to the garage.

 

Garagejournal.com

 

Yes. Race Deck . com or racedeck.com...LOL

 

Won't have the c7 for at least a year, but can anyone tell me if its possible to park on ceramic tile if I get full coverage with the thinset underneath?
I have a ton of spare 16"x1/4" Ceramic tiles since I decided to do hardwood in a few rooms instead and want to put it in the garage but am uncertain.

 

Ceramic Tile ...

The house I had in the Philippines had ceramic tile on the entire driveway and carport (they don't have garages in the Philippines).

Although ceramic tile is not as hard as porcelain tile, and not normally as thick, I still never had one crack in the 3 years I owned the house.

These were set right over a cement slab using normal mortar as you would when setting tiles in the house over a cement slab (same as they set the porcelain tiles in my garage here in Florida).

You just need to make sure you don't have any voids in the mortar (large air pockets), because if you do, the tile could crack when driven over the void.

Here are a couple of photos of the ceramic tiles I had in the Philippines: The photos only show a motorcycle parked on the tile, but we had a Camry too, and many heavy trucks had been driven on the tiles without problems.

But .... I still think porcelain tile is a better choice for a garage floor.

 

You have a cute daughter(?)


Hook a brotha up! LOL