[Steve91T]

I've got a 20x20 garage, so I have to be careful with space. My brother is planning on getting a removable 2 post lift. You wheel the post over it's mounting location (once the holes are already drilled) and use an impact gun to tighten the bolts down. When you're done with the lift, unbolt and wheel them out of the way.

My thinking is I hate the time it takes to get the car up on jacks, I'm sure I'll hate even more moving two 500 lb posts around.

What I'm thinking about is a mid rise lift. They are 4 1/4" collapsed, just sit on top of the garage floor (no installation), and raise to about 40" high.

The obvious problem is the center of the car is blocked by the lift. But, I could leave the lift in the center of the garage and just park over it. When I need to get the car off the ground, center the car over the lift and hit the up button. The majority of my work is going to be wheels, brakes, suspension, and oil changes.

I just wanted to hear some opinions.

[trackbird]

Some friends had one of those in their garage. It's like a platform that lifts with a mount on one end and wheels on the other end of an X that scissors it into the air, right?

I mostly found it useless. I guess if I had a tire shop and was doing wheels and the odd brake job all day, maybe. But it just blocked too much stuff and I didn't find it very useful. I throw a low profile floor jack under one side of the car and lift the whole side. Or, I just do one wheel at a time by moving the jack. I don't find that it takes that long. In a 20x20 shop, that's going to be right in the middle, so you'll either be down to one car or always driving over half of it.

Just my thoughts, your results may vary. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)