easy car lift

[pee]

got a friend who runs a fabrication shop and is thinking of producing something like this
www.kwiklift.com/features-all.htm
would anyone be interested if the price was about £500?
just thought i'd ask
cheers
p

[B16 RFF]

I would be. Subject to seeing it of course.

Paul

[shirley temple]

looks good to me, I'd be up for one!

[cuneus]

Me too

[Dr Strangelove]

Me too, providing it was (relatively) superlight, but strong. Able to be put together by one person. Easy to store.

[nel]

I want one. Was planning to extend my garage so that I could put in a 2 post lift, but planning permission rules preclude it - bastards! This would be the ideal compromise solution.

[nonegreen]

Nah no use too restrictive. I have a pit which is better than that but ideally would like a 2 poster.

[dontlift]

We would probably be interested in selling them

www.toolsnstuff.co.uk

[Graham]

I looked at importing one a few years back.

I'd be very interested if they could make one light enough to take to the race track..


I'll even field test it for him

G

[pee]

hi
should be fairly light, but obviously not too sure yet, but will be able to put together by one guy. also trying to get it to come apart in sections so can take it to the track.
it is being prototyped with an ultima so it will take the 'extreme' of clearances as far as sensibly can.
cheers
p

[rustybin]

Definitley

[dern]

No, most jobs I end up doing under the car require the removal of at least one wheel.

Useful if you have to paint the underneath of your car a lot or change exhausts I suppose but what's the advantage over jacks and axle stands?

Mark

[B19GRR]

Who's to say you still can't use axle stands on it? Gets the car even higher off the ground. I'd be very interested in one.

Cheers,
Rob

[Julian64]

nel said:

I want one. Was planning to extend my garage so that I could put in a 2 post lift, but planning permission rules preclude it - bastards! This would be the ideal compromise solution.

Why do planning rules preclude your lift??

[dern]

B19GRR said:

Who's to say you still can't use axle stands on it? Gets the car even higher off the ground. I'd be very interested in one.

It looked a bit unstable to me. I'd be happier if you could get cross piece with jacks attached to it like you see at garages if you see what I mean.

Mark

[mrmaggit]

I saw a lift in Frosts magazine that folded flat (well about four inches thick). About £1500 though. I've a pump-up bench for the motorbikes, I'd certainly buy one for the Griff if it could lift it 3 feet high, and slide underneath without hitting anything underneath.

I'd be a bit circumspect about sideways stability with the one in Frosts, but I'd say there is a market, but I'd say £800 is about as much as most people would be prepared to pay.

[PatHeald]

There's definitely a market.

In the absence on an inspection pit, I want a cheap car lift.

I agree that £800 is about the limit.

Bugger all on the market at that sort of price.

I thought about nicking a couple of those see saw ramps that car dealers use, but I'd rather have something that was purpose built for crawling around under...

Cheers

Pat

[nel]

Julian64 said:

nel said: I want one. Was planning to extend my garage so that I could put in a 2 post lift, but planning permission rules preclude it - bastards! This would be the ideal compromise solution. Why do planning rules preclude your lift??

I have a big double garage but with a fairly low concrete ceiling so can't use a lift in there. I looked into extending the garage to add a high ceiling section, but the french planning laws have a limit on the % of your land that can be covered by buildings and the % is very low in my neck of the woods as it's a bit villagey and rural. So to build my fantasy garage I'll have to move...

This low lift is not a bad compromise solution - I don't like pits as they are great ways to have an accident.

[dontlift]

dern said:

B19GRR said: Who's to say you still can't use axle stands on it? Gets the car even higher off the ground. I'd be very interested in one. It looked a bit unstable to me. I'd be happier if you could get cross piece with jacks attached to it like you see at garages if you see what I mean. Mark

Jacking Beams are available third part to fit many of these lifts

www.toolsnstuff.co.uk/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=jacking+beam

[Julian64]

nel said:

Julian64 said: nel said: I want one. Was planning to extend my garage so that I could put in a 2 post lift, but planning permission rules preclude it - bastards! This would be the ideal compromise solution. Why do planning rules preclude your lift?? I have a big double garage but with a fairly low concrete ceiling so can't use a lift in there. I looked into extending the garage to add a high ceiling section, but the french planning laws have a limit on the % of your land that can be covered by buildings and the % is very low in my neck of the woods as it's a bit villagey and rural. So to build my fantasy garage I'll have to move... This low lift is not a bad compromise solution - I don't like pits as they are great ways to have an accident.

Would never want a pit. Big accident in my neck of the woods with a guy who incinerated himself in a pit when the engine caught fire this summer, and he couldn't get out in time.

But, my garage had strict planning laws. The garage couldn't be higher than 4 metres from top to bottom. So it has a 4m high conventional sloping roof.

I have no problem jacking a car up to the max height of the two post lift which is 1.8 metres inside my garage.