Daily driving a ZR-1

[WARP TEN]

Here's what you need Mark:



Unless your garage is too small. Mine is 21 x 21 and 10' tall, just enough for a lift with a 5' tall car and a 4' tall car. The reason I have this is when my wife moved me into the 2 car garage I had to sell HIL KING-- no room. After twitching for a few years, I calculated that I had enough ceiling height for the lift and bought WARP TEN. Works great. --Bob

[RussMcB]

Originally Posted by WARP TEN

Here's what you need Mark:
--Bob

That's pretty cool.

What do you do to make sure you don't push the Corvette into the attic? :-)

[WARP TEN]

Originally Posted by RussMcB

That's pretty cool.

What do you do to make sure you don't push the Corvette into the attic? :-)

I have masking tape lines on the front post near the controls noting maximum height for each car. The cars have to go high enough to engage the safety catches so you can relieve hydraulic pressure while the car sits. When you take one down you have to raise it slightly to release the safety catches before lowering. It took some careful trial and error when I first set it up. --Bob

[8cam]

Originally Posted by WARP TEN

Here's what you need Mark:



Unless your garage is too small. Mine is 21 x 21 and 10' tall, just enough for a lift with a 5' tall car and a 4' tall car. The reason I have this is when my wife moved me into the 2 car garage I had to sell HIL KING-- no room. After twitching for a few years, I calculated that I had enough ceiling height for the lift and bought WARP TEN. Works great. --Bob

I wish I could! I just went and measured for the hell of it, and this garage has an 8 1/2 foot ceiling height, so a lift really isn't an option at all. Besides this isn't the "forever house" anyway, so there will be a much better solution at some point. Meanwhile I'll just have to live with it, and that's not so bad.

[WARP TEN]

Originally Posted by 8cam

I wish I could! I just went and measured for the hell of it, and this garage has an 8 1/2 foot ceiling height, so a lift really isn't an option at all. Besides this isn't the "forever house" anyway, so there will be a much better solution at some point. Meanwhile I'll just have to live with it, and that's not so bad.

If your garage is stick built--that is, ceiling not built with trusses, you can probably raise the ceiling a foot and a half using collar ties instead of the current ceiling joists. Not too big a project but an architect or engineer should review it. If you have truss construction you really shouldn't do it. I raised the living room and kitchen ceilings with collar ties in our last house. My son is an architect and he reviewed raising a garage ceiling with trusses in a neighbor's garage. He said it could be done but would require some serious engineering and might not pass local codes. But as you say, nothing wrong with relaxing and enjoying what you have. --Bob

[8cam]

Early morning at the airport, got a great spot. Anyone else leave their Z at the airport?

[Performawheels]

Originally Posted by 8cam

Early morning at the airport, got a great spot. Anyone else leave their Z at the airport?

If I was daily driving mine I would....car looks good! Hope you have/had a good trip.

[We Gone]

Z looks great Mark