This is my garage. I added a 4 post lift since I took this pic.
NSX Owners, post YOUR garage or workspace.
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I hear ya. If I could do it all over again I would have a studio apartment above a 3000 sq. ft garage with a fire pole in the center. LOL
I'm right there with you. 1/8-acre lot. 20'x21' garage, with low ceilings, built right up to the edge of the property line back in 1925. Any tear-down-type mods and I have to set everything back from the property boundary by five feet, which would mean a 15'x16' (?!) garage as my only option.
But my job meant I was out on strike for a hundred days in 2007, and I got started on doing what I could with what I had. I had a $500 budget to start with (my wife and I were both on strike -- so no income), and it just kept going from there.
If it's not okay to post a non-NSX garage, the mods can feel free to delete this. The car is German and old, not Japanese and Senna-inspired. But it's a garage with a lot of ideas in it that maybe someone here could use.
I did all the work myself, including setting the tile and digging the pit for the lift. The total budget, including the floor, cabinets, benches and lift was less than $3,500. Everything in the place is second-hand, re-purposed or home-made. I have a LOT of hours in the place.
I also made a website for it: http://www.12-gaugegarage.com
Work benches that fold down from the wall:
And it's got its own a video:
The 12-Gauge Garage Video
And yes, a video just about the lift I put in:
My Garage Lift
Is it always this clean? No. Not by a long shot.
But it does go back to clean very quickly -- that's the real accomplishment of it, I think. I finally took the time to work out a place for everything to go when It's not being used.
In practice, it makes a huge difference not having to spend so much time looking for things you've misplaced. I spent years doing that.
Jack Olsen
1972 Porsche 911
And a cool two-car garage
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Welcome to NSXPrime Jack :smile:
I've followed a lot of your threads on garagejournal.com - You have awesome well-thought out ideas and know how to carry them out!
And now back to the more normal garages:biggrin:
Here's mine right now. With the engine, interior, and most everything out, I intentionally didn't show the rest of my mess!
Some of the key things working garages should have are:
Plenty of light
Lightly colored to reflect the useable light
Nice floor for easy clean-up and finding little dropped items
Insulated with modest heating and A/C
Plenty of electrical circuits
Organization ans plenty of storage
Dave
I've followed a lot of your threads on garagejournal.com - You have awesome well-thought out ideas and know how to carry them out!
And now back to the more normal garages:biggrin:
Here's mine right now. With the engine, interior, and most everything out, I intentionally didn't show the rest of my mess!
Some of the key things working garages should have are:
Plenty of light
Lightly colored to reflect the useable light
Nice floor for easy clean-up and finding little dropped items
Insulated with modest heating and A/C
Plenty of electrical circuits
Organization ans plenty of storage
Dave
Pic before I got the NSX...but shes in there now!
460 sqft mancave upstairs, 1200 sqft workspace down....
460 sqft mancave upstairs, 1200 sqft workspace down....
Hey, Jack Olsen's here! I would recognize that garage anywhere. Member for 8 years and has 2 whole posts! LOL
Been thinking about similar type of lift fitted perfectly to the lift points on my NSX
Makes it easier to clean the wheels, inspect underbody, tweak stuff, etc
Sometimes you wanna see the underside and check out everything before a drive ya know
My dream garage is an aircraft hanger attached to a house, adjacent to the tarmac "back alley" (there are a few available in Chandler but the price tag is reserved for the 1% folks, like Phoen$x *poke* )
Nice garages fellas
Wow, some amazing garages here.
Looks like a Garage Condo to me. I have been toying with this idea,
as there is a developer trying a development for a garage condo complex.
Is this at the Dens?
Jack, I followed your garage build on The Garage Journal as well.
No worries, many of us had or still have Porkers over the years so that's cool too!
Brian
(20 years in the PCA)
No worries, many of us had or still have Porkers over the years so that's cool too!
Brian
(20 years in the PCA)
OK, I count 7 fire extinguishers!
Are you little parodied, or a safety inspector?
I like the lift, not there until you need it!
Nicely done.
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some of you guys have some bad garages damn it
like someone said earlier I would build a huge garage and attach a house to it LOL
thats so cool
like someone said earlier I would build a huge garage and attach a house to it LOL
thats so cool
So this is what the .01% does with their money!:tongue:
Zing! Lol
Yes it is. Good guys out here - and it works perfectly with our winter. Mine has in floor heat and a furnace grade gas fireplace upstairs. Plus the building is ICF so it is super well insulated, especially for our winter projects.
Welcome to NSXPrime Jack :smile:
I've followed a lot of your threads on garagejournal.com - You have awesome well-thought out ideas and know how to carry them out!
And now back to the more normal garages:biggrin:
Here's mine right now. With the engine, interior, and most everything out, I intentionally didn't show the rest of my mess!
Some of the key things working garages should have are:
Plenty of light
Lightly colored to reflect the useable light
Nice floor for easy clean-up and finding little dropped items
Insulated with modest heating and A/C
Plenty of electrical circuits
Organization ans plenty of storage
Dave
Thanks, Dave. But with that awesome VCT and lack of Christmas decorations/weedwackers/kids toys, yours might not fit in the 'normal' category anymore. :smile:
It looks great!
Thank you.
Now I've got three. But I'm a slow writer. :biggrin:
I've used it for my Jeep and my BMW, with blocks to elevate the chassis above the lift surface. But if I worked on them regularly, I would have probably come up with a different solution.
It probably would be possible to weld some holes (and sleeves) into the table top so that you could set in custom-made saddles that correspond to your jacking points. But a simpler route might be a conventional scissor lift submerged in a shallow pit with a cover for when it's not in use. I've seen it done, and you get the benefit of zero footprint, but the flexibility of a scissor lifts arms to raise a variety of different vehicles.
Thanks!
Thank you. My father is a fire safety engineer -- I guess some of it rubbed off. I also bought the Amerex units second-hand, so I have two at the door for the possibility that one might fail. I've been told that if one extinguisher doesn't do the job, the prudent decision is to get out of the building, find a phone and call the FD (and then your insurance guy).OK, I count 7 fire extinguishers!
Are you little parodied, or a safety inspector?
I like the lift, not there until you need it!
Nicely done.
Someone likes Zs.
Z's and Forced Induction. This NSX handles like a dream, but it might need a little boost
Mr. Jack Olsen
That is a very well thought out garage! Fantastic work - and at an outstanding budget!
Congrats
That is a very well thought out garage! Fantastic work - and at an outstanding budget!
Congrats
Was looking around for a parking lift to make room in garage & found this retailer show casing a beauty. Thought i share.
http://www.asedeals.com/images/PL7-Parking-Lift-2.jpg
http://www.asedeals.com/images/PL7-Parking-Lift-2.jpg
24'x24' attached at my house. It's drywalled and insulated which is good for these northeast winters. I'd like to put a nice epoxy coating on the floor perhaps. And finish the ceiling with more light.
Or I'd like just to build another one detached from the house :smile:
Or I'd like just to build another one detached from the house :smile:
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My goal is to get one of these bad boy for storing & work underneath.
Very innovative, best for multiple use & looks great in garage or outside.
http://naautoequipment.com/MSC-6K_mobile-single-column-lift.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlqBkpvOuX4
Very innovative, best for multiple use & looks great in garage or outside.
http://naautoequipment.com/MSC-6K_mobile-single-column-lift.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlqBkpvOuX4
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Old picture of mine:
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