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Old 01-11-2012, 06:52 PM
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Denny--

Tape measure is your friend. Both cars less than 4' at the roofline?

I'll speculate that you could fit two shorter cars stacked, but... Door opener is in the way, as may be the door itself when it's open. I configured the door to follow within 6" of the sloped ceiling, with the opener tight against that ceiling. That part was a bit of a challenge.
Old 01-11-2012, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by dr bob
Denny--

Tape measure is your friend. Both cars less than 4' at the roofline?

I'll speculate that you could fit two shorter cars stacked, but... Door opener is in the way, as may be the door itself when it's open. I configured the door to follow within 6" of the sloped ceiling, with the opener tight against that ceiling. That part was a bit of a challenge.
My ceiling is 108.5". Tape measure says it might work but that would depend on the locking positions of the lift. Garage is "double deep" so overhead door would not be and issue.
Old 01-11-2012, 08:49 PM
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Default Theo's stool and my future stool

Originally Posted by Fogey1
Any chance of getting pictures/plans for the stool you made? I have a low ceiling, too.
I'm taking the liberty to show a picture of Theo's stoel/chairl and I've used his idea to figure out what I'm planning on doing myself.

I'm using the creeper I have already with the white box on it now and while sitting down I just walk with my feet or pull overhead on the car to move around and that work very well.

The additional back rest will enable the upper body to lean back have a head rest as well as making flexible pole mounting point for inspection/work light that can be attached to the back rest.

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Originally Posted by Herman K
I'm taking the liberty to show a picture of Theo's stool and I've used his idea to figure out what I'm planning on doing myself.

F**k**g A
Herman, Please do not post a picture of Theo's stool, that's repulsive ! T

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Old 01-11-2012, 11:46 PM
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And just a few days ago I was saying to the wife about how much I needed a lift to work on the cars & I was describing the MaxJax with it's portability, etc. Without hesitation she replies, "Well why don't you get one then?" I Love that Lady! Now all I need is to procure the funds. Heck, wait a minute, maybe she's a lot smarter than I gave her credit for at that moment!
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Just checked on Costco's web site, $2,299.99, incl. shipping.
Old 01-12-2012, 12:04 AM
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This site says they have it on sale for $1,939, and includes two accessories, including the oil drain & the seat. Seems like the best deal going for one, but can't find out how to actually order one? Perhaps it's just referencing where someone previously had it for sale? Help?
http://www.carliftblog.com/sale-on-d...post-lift.html

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Default Who wants to be the coordinator for a new group buy?

Perhaps you should get together with "georges 928s" see post #8 and start forming a group buy with 5 or more in the group you should be able to get the price down.

If one of you guys will be the groups coordinator than I'll pass on to him the contact information for the guy you need to speak to at "Danmar"

Last time when I did this we got the price down to $1800 incl. delivery.

I'm only passing on the torch.
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Originally Posted by MGW-Fla
This site says they have it on sale for $1,939, and includes two accessories, including the oil drain & the seat. Seems like the best deal going for one, but can't find out how to actually order one? Perhaps it's just referencing where someone previously had it for sale? Help?
http://www.carliftblog.com/sale-on-d...post-lift.html
If you still haven't found their deal, they have the car lift for $2,249 with the 24 month warranty. I think it's free shipping too.
Old 01-12-2012, 12:43 PM
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I could have used one of these for my winter projects...Will have to do some measuring and see if it will fit
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oops... in Dutch a "stoel" is a chair, so somehow I got that translated into something completely different. But Herman speaks Dutch so he corrected it gently and posted a picture of the little "CHAIR" I made, along with other ideas. Thanks Herman for following up on that.
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Old 01-12-2012, 01:48 PM
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No affiliation but if in the Tampa area $1600
http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/tls/2793638603.html

I think somone on GarageJournal is trying to organize a group buy
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The only problem so far is I can't figure how to use the MaxJax to jack up my 911
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Wish I was closer to Tampa, its about a four hour drive one way.
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Originally Posted by jthwan22
The only problem so far is I can't figure how to use the MaxJax to jack up my 911
Works fine for my 993, are they different somehow? Curious as I have no experience with pre-993 models.


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