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I bought and installed a much heavier and bigger shop 4-post lift. I don't have cars to store but I work on all my cars so I made a wood and unistrut platform for in-between runners that I can remove by myself which created a mezzanine for my wheeled portable tools I use less frequently like table saw, chop saw, welder. It takes only a few minutes to move the stuff off into another bay. Then I can go to work on vehicles on the lift. It's worth it to me to not have to slide around under vehicles on the ground and other than time I got a 12K lift installed for $1200. It is not pretty but it is in good shape. The lift also works as outfeed table, workbench, loading dock, truck topper remover, etc. The only annoyance mine has is one corner is trapped by a shelf so if not all the way up or down you have to squat under or go around, small price to pay. You made a good choice. With a single car garage door like that you can mount the standard opener to one side and it will lift the garage door, be careful with the shaft type, any kind of malfunction as it wears is a much bigger deal.

Just the solution I was looking for. I have already done my door and opener, but was worried about my ceiling height. Mine is 10’8” so this is the one! Great vid!

Great video and the garage is looking awesome!

Very cool, definitely makes sense for your setup!

Great explanation. Super helpful.

Looks great, awesome install! I wish I had the ceiling height to add one but best I can do is a quick jack!

This is my plan too, great vid!

Great comment about being careful with lowering vehicle assuring all sides were coming down together. I was replacing a timing chain on a vehicle and the stars lined up. Had to put vehicle in neutral to rotate cv shaft for clearance to get timing cover off. I raised and lowered the vehicle a few times getting at fasters above and below. Mind you vehicle was on a jackstand on drivers side with no tire so I could gain access and rotate axle shaft. On the final drop of vehicle I was concentrating under the hood for next steps not realizing rear to posts were still engaged. Once the front end lowered enough the vehicle rolled off jackstand and off the hoist and into the shop riding the brake rotor across the cement. Talk about a missed youtube moment. Of course tools and fasteners scatters to places never to be found. Had phone on the rack of course and it was pleasantly ran over. So much for gorilla glass. Glad it was my vehicle and glad the loss was simply a phone and my pride.

All I have to say is you must have a very understanding wife. Cars and car related things are like a drug for you. I couldn't predict where this is going in 5 years.

A ja się zastanawiałem co zostawiłeś u góry 😅 Fajnie, że znowu wróciłeś do BMW. I to w dodatku takiego pięknego ❤ Moja przygoda z TLG zaczęła się od M3😉 Czekam na więcej, piona 🤜

Garage goals 👌👌

Warto było to oglądać dla ostatnich dwóch minut 😂 Reszta to dodatek :)

Good vid. Many things to consider when buying wow

Great Video!

This looks pragmatic, aesthitically suitable, the brand is reputable and it appears to be safe enough. If you can afford it, this is what I'd get. Good video Tommy.

Great review

I installed a lift very similar to yours. The garage door modification is called a High Door Conversion. It requires new spools, going from tension springs to torsion springs. If you got that done for $800 that was a smoking deal!!!!! Most garage door installers have no clue on how to do it. If you google High Door Conversion a supplier has details. Again messing with garage door springs can be very dangerous so I suggest finding a "professional". I bought a cheap Chinese model (Greg Smith). It works flawlessly. Chinese know their welders suck so easy solution use 10" of weld when 1/2" is required. Ensure you get a lift with ladder bars that are infinitely adjustable. Two reasons, you don't loose 4" in height to release the lock and you can fine tune the final height. Very important when ceiling heigh is limited!!! My lift doesn't use a compressor for the locks just a simple lever works perfectly. I stored a small boat, jet ski, 911 on mine. I bought my greg smith for $2400 now I think they are much higher. The runway with cylinder is what weighs the most 300lbs? I used a little engine picker to lift it and worked perfect. My lift came in steel box, you would have to use a fork truck to unload or take it apart on truck. I sure truck driver would love that, lol. Final word get a bigger garage, all the near misses I have over the years weren't worth it.

makes perfect sense if you have 45k subscribers ;) Seriously - as usual, a really fine video. Not applicable for my house, but really cool to see what's possible, and the REAL cost of membership.

Haha the bloopers at the end got me good. I can relate!

I had the same experience. 10 feet, 6-inch ceiling, replacement of the overhead garage opener with a side mount unit (LiftMaster in my case), rail replacements, and so on. The major difference, I selected the Benkpak two post lift model XPR-9-LP. My goal was two fold, vehicle storage as well as the ability to perform suspension work with the wheels free and more access to the underside of vehicles. The only other difference, the safety release is cable actuated rather than pneumatic, thus no need for a compressor. Having four cars in a three car garage is wonderful. Question. When are we going to see TLG mudflaps for the F90?

pretty cool. im very tempted

Great video

the ending was magical.....

Thank you Tommy to continue to post helpful info without being tacky. lol

Very nice! Any precautions you had to take on concrete floor depth?

Thanks a lot.

Thanks for the vid! You didn’t mention the posts. Are they bolted down to the concrete or free standing in them?

Great vid! Do you need to bolt the posts to the ground or not necessary?

Great video. I gave me a lot of insight on what I need to plan for. Can you tell me how wide your garage door opening is? I've got a one car garage that is 8 ft wide and I want to make sure this solution will work.

I have a very similar lift, installed with a friend who’s a bit more expert than me. Similar raised garage tracks and side mounted motor, too. I just don’t have the pneumatic brakes, they look like a useless complication to me. My lift has a simple mechanical lever to disengage the four primary locks (there are also secondary locks that engage as safety if a cable snaps)

Great video I’m definitely going to get a lift for our C8, incidentally my wife and I laughed hard at the end of your video 👍

Of course it make sense. I always want one but my garage is small and not tall enough. Question: did you have to drill and bolt the four corners to the ground?

I like the blue on that Bmw ❤

Going through the same decision process right now T - regarding using the lift for service, are you going to get one or two of the lift jack sliders for wheels-off work?

This is fantastic. I was looking for a solution like this, but then i realised, I'm not loaded 🤣

Also Makes oil changes easier to do does this lift have the ability to hack up the car to rotate the tires? i think some lifts have an add on

Can you remove the middle and work on the car from underneath? Can you further lift the car with carjacks while lifted?

Dream garage

How many times did you hit your head before you gave up and put foam on it? I'd keep doing it for months until finally admitting to it.

Is there anything to protect the car on the bottom from oil leaks from the car on top?

This make perfect sense u out of the way with two cars wife can’t complain lol

Add a light beam and it will cut the power before the car hits the ceiling.

Wholly molly!!!

How thick is your garage cement pad?

Doesn't the concrete need to be at least 6" thick?

If you don’t mind what was the grand total all in?

It looks nice but no height limiter is ridiculous. It should be even on the cheapest lifts. Do they give a warranty if the litf would fell on the car below?

👍👍👍👍

Don't you have roller garage doors in America?

How much was the lift setup?

Fancy. What do you do for a living?

What’s your ceiling height?

Step one for me is to buy a home lol and todays market makes all of this a pipe dream sadly 😅😢

I surprised the trucker was willing to wait for you yo hand unload the truck. Benpack is about the only lift that uses air l Release for the locks

How much is installation?

When I tried to buy a lift for the lift (gives you the ability to swap tires) they wanted to charge $750 "freight charge" to offload it from the shipper.... what a scam

gotta pay to play!!

Holy BALD, did you ceramic that thing?

more complicated and expensive than expected. as always with car stuff.

You defininitely need that protector so you don't hit that huge head that you have. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

why's it a no brainer?

Why complicate your life. Just sell one of the two cars. For example, the yellow one, (to me), hahaha...

So total you spent $10k. Thats alot

Cheaper solution get rid 90% of the crap u have in your garage and yo will be able to par easily 3 cars and saved thousands and thousands and help decrease carbon emission.

looks like you lost a lot of weight

Stop calling them brakes. Bendpak has air locks needing compressor above like 80psi to disengage. They save your life. Even disengaged car comes down in very controlled manner. You complain alot about cost for 300k in two cars. You really need minimum 12 ft ceilings for your high lift bendpak thats what you paid for so you can walk under it and get out without hitting your head. Im 6’4 and can walk under it. I have had two of them

Ironic that you did not mention the "REQUIRED" platform stand reinforcement points (called pilings) due to the insufficient weight bearing of 4" of concrete. Garage looks F'kn Awesome though.

The dude I'd obviously showing off his cars. He clearly has money. Put up a pole barn on your property or move to where you can put one!

Add a light beam and it will cut the power before the car hits the ceiling.