Anyone have a car lift in a garage?

2000xp8 said:

I have an 11'2 ceiling and a bendpak hd7p and it's good enough for my mustang and for me to walk under the car the entire winter without ducking (i'm 6'1).
If i were to lose 2ft i'd probably switch to a 2 post or a scissors style (i'd recess that in the floor). Not sure if i would use a quickjack or not, i've yet to see one in person.
There is fine line where ducking is worse than laying down.

For arguments sake, i went out and measured down 2ft from the bottom of the lift with the car sitting where i leave it, a couple inches from the ceiling.
It would be too low to do anything on the underside.

Dont' forget either, good hydraulic slide jacks are really expensive too. I have one and then a jacking plate that i can put jackstands if i need both ends in the air which so far has been almost never.

Let's not forget the part that many miss, your garage door needs to go up too. I had to convert my door to a high lift, it doesn't interfere with my car, but it would with an SUV. If your rails are low, that could be yet another issue.

I'd probably go a different route than a 4 post or if there is more room above your garage modify the ceiling, you can get more space depending on how it's framed.

Edit: The reason i say 2 post is because then you are only under the car itself with the wheels hanging, another quick measure reveals that would get over a foot back from the bottom of the lift to the side body.

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