From: John.Veninger@cnacm.com Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 7:01 AM To: 928 Subject: [928] RE: garage of eden (lift info) >Got any more info on this (the lift, not the divorce >attorney)? What kind did you get? How much did it cost? Any special things >need to be done to the garage? (how high does the ceiling need to be?) Mike, I was looking into a lift last year while I built my garage. Money ran out before the lift was purchased (928 parts first!). The one lift that was priced right with good safety features was from AutoLifters 1-800-759-0703 ( www.autolifters.com ). I don't have any experience with this company, but you might want to check them out. The price for a 5000lbs lift was about $1800.00. John Veninger 1990 928GT 928OC From: Dan [dbrindle@kondratyev.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 3:20 PM To: 928 Subject: [928] RE: Replacing Shocks & Motor Mounts Chris, I am sending this to the list since I have had so many private requests for information on lifts. A few months back I did a lot of research on home lifts. There is a wide variety and price range on lifts. I wanted to spend under $2500 and get a four post drive on lift so I could also do quick alignment checks. This became impractical since my garage has only an 8' ceiling. I designed another garage to be built next to the existing one but my wife was pretty much against this when I came up with a tunnel connecting the two. So instead we settled on building a sports court. I wonder how many 928's can fit on the sports court and how I get them up the hill?? Oh well, given that it would take about a year to build the new garage and I want to make DEVEK Day with the convertible, I had to find other alternatives. The next place to look was at limited height lifts. Surprisingly the cost of limited height lifts from most companies is almost the same as or more than a full height lift. There are a number of configurations some of which seemed impractical for general purpose work. There is a drive on limited height but it has a lot of stuff under the car. There is also a pad lift that contacts along the rocker panels designed mostly for quick change for a tire shop. Harbor Freight's lift has dual pistons that operate from the center and four swing arms that attach to the jack points on the 928. It is necessary to get the additional pad set that gives an offset to the arms preventing the rear arms from crushing the floor of the car. The pad set comes with a variety of attachments and for $90 is a hell of a deal. One of the pad sets can raise the car an additional 8" from the base of the lift. Unfortunately the 928 is too low to use this set off the ground. The car first has to be put up and then let down on blocks under the wheels and then the pads put on the lift. But for long operations where you need the extra clearance it is worth the extra effort. The regular pad set works great for most operations. The lift is low enough to drive over and is semi portable with a handle that with some effort allows the lift to be relocated. The surface must be flat but for a two bay garage like I have it is not bad to do. The lift as advertised on Harbor Freight is sans the hydraulic pump. They sell the pump separately or you can use another pump If you have one. The pump, pads and lift are about $1500 total. When I got the pump it did not have fittings to attach the hose from the lift to the pump. I found a step down fitting that worked, but it was from a hardware store. You would be better off getting one from a hydraulic supply house, as the material for the fittings is different. Limited height lift http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/taf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=39894 Harbor Freight also sells full height lifts two post. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/taf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=36134 http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/taf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=43058 I will take time to write up some more on this for my web site with some pictures and a complete list of all the other sources that I found. Dan B.