Me and a few buddies are thinking of chipping in for a carlift. We figure around 500 bucks each between the 5 of us.

Now I read in the most recent issue of Grassroots(not sure I think it was this mag) about low and middle rise lifts for 1500-3000 dollars.


For those of you who have home lifts, can you guys recommend one for me, like do's don't, warnings/cautions, maybe pics to your setup and links to websites?


Much appreciated!
Ambert

 

at school my class is assigned to the ones that have the folding arms you place under your car. since i lowered my car they no longer fit under there. make sure u think about stuff like that hehehe

 

From what I have heard, they violate a whole bunch of building codes if installed in a residential home.

Just dig a whole in the ground and drive your car over it.

 

or you can get one of those that u drive up on it looks kind of like this
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edit: ok that didnt work lemmie look for a pic

 

Floor surface is what kept us from putting in a lift at the place where I do all of my work. For the ben-wil side loader we needed 7+ inches of graded concrete. We couldn't verify the depth nor the stability of the slab so had to forego the whole idea.
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We have both styles that have been mentioned so far at my school, and either way, if you've lowered your car you might not be able to get on the lift. One student had to remove his entire body kit in order to do an alignment on his Integra. Make sure theres some kind of warrenty, because we almost always have a rack that doesn't work right. The most common problems I see is the two sides getting un-leveled, that is to say they are crooked.

 

er...yeah a visual image would help me a lot thanks

 

Tight IS2Scooby, I was planning on pouring some concrete anyways

 

I think I get that one... where the / is where you drive onto it and the two |s are the lifting part?

Also, I've heard that you can only use electronic lifts now?