I bought a house and a lift. Let the garage upgrades begin!
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 9:11 pm
So, I don't post often and haven't done anything to my Fiero for a long time, but I still check out this forum all the time. Also, it's the only car forum I'm a part of that I've actually met a couple of you guys. That said, I thought I'd share. As some of you may know, I've been in Afghanistan for about a year, but I'll be headed back to the States soon. When I was back in late December taking my two weeks of R&R I looked at some houses, put down a deposit on a new construction, and then closed on it a few weeks ago. This is my first home purchase, but it was admittedly an anti-climatic experience being 7000 miles away. Oh well, here are a few pictures of it:
The garage and work space isn't the biggest, but for newer homes in the area, I would say that it is decent. Compared to the other homes I looked at this offered the largest garage dimensions. It should be adequate for my tool chests, etc.
I've always wanted a lift in my garage. From the research I did on these, it seemed that the MaxJax would be good for me. It gets the cars up as high as I would need them and is 'portable.' Being that I'll most likely be moving (and renting out this house) after my next deployment that is coming up, I liked the idea of being able to bring the lift along and with new anchors install it at my next house. Being that Costco has a current sale going on for $300 off and included shipping, I went ahead and ordered. Any experience with this lift? Here's their website for those who don't know anything about it: http://www.maxjaxusa.com/
I also plan on doing an epoxy coating in the garage, hopefully sometime in April. I haven't quite decided on products/colors, but any advice would be appreciated.
After that, I plan to upgrade the lighting. I've done so much work in dimly lit garages that this would be a much welcomed upgrade.
The garage and work space isn't the biggest, but for newer homes in the area, I would say that it is decent. Compared to the other homes I looked at this offered the largest garage dimensions. It should be adequate for my tool chests, etc.
I've always wanted a lift in my garage. From the research I did on these, it seemed that the MaxJax would be good for me. It gets the cars up as high as I would need them and is 'portable.' Being that I'll most likely be moving (and renting out this house) after my next deployment that is coming up, I liked the idea of being able to bring the lift along and with new anchors install it at my next house. Being that Costco has a current sale going on for $300 off and included shipping, I went ahead and ordered. Any experience with this lift? Here's their website for those who don't know anything about it: http://www.maxjaxusa.com/
I also plan on doing an epoxy coating in the garage, hopefully sometime in April. I haven't quite decided on products/colors, but any advice would be appreciated.
After that, I plan to upgrade the lighting. I've done so much work in dimly lit garages that this would be a much welcomed upgrade.