Too much noise and not enough wash - DB9

[Lunablack]

George29 said:

Luna - those tiles, do you have to completely fill the floor with them or can you just do a little bit and fix them down?

Yes.... You could just do a patch to park say a car or a bike on....but they're very light, and if for example they were laid in the middle of the floor, the could easily slide around...

I suspect a bit of strong double sided tape would keep them in place, or maybe lay them on some thin rubber matting..

[Murph7355]

F1 NDW said:

Ok thanks. I must admit I started of determined that the two post was the right choice. Now however I am thinking I will get the four post. I think it offers the advantage of safely storing the car raised on it and will turn my wide single garage into a two car garage.

I have the same lift as Luna's only mine's grey and will be a bit narrower (asked the maker to do a narrower width so it could go through a std single garage door but still get a wide car on). It was bought specifically to put two cars in a single garage and served that purpose well holding various combos of Griff, 7, Daytona, 355, V8V.

I modified some of the roof A-frames where the cockpit of the cars was, moving the cross brace up and bolting them in with coach bolts. Had to do this to about a third of them.

In 6yrs never had an issue with anything.

If you need more serious surgery, I'd get a structural engineer to look at it, but it's eminently possible to make mods IME.

The 4 poster like this doesn't raise the wheels off the ground, which is the only real downside. You can use a bottle jack on the central platforms apparently, but never tried myself.

Ramp was freestanding in my old place, and could be moved around using the wheels provided (not with a car on!). When I have my garage rebuilt (moved house) I'll have it permanently fixed in the garage. It's very handy being able to see under the car easily (at full extension the ramp will go around 2m or so high).

[Lunablack]

Have to agree with that Murph....mine too has been 100% reliable.. And has saved me a fortune.... Also I feel confident when working under it...in that it isn't going to come crashing down

A for jacking... The runways are pretty wide, and I've always manage by placing a small alloy trolley jack on the actual runway, and jacking from there.... One up its just a case of dropping an axle stand underneath for extra security...


One other trick I do, is to remove all 4 wheels for cleaning etc.... Lift the whole car, then place 4 axle stands at full height on pre determined marks on the floor... Then carefully lower the car so that it rests on the axle stands, but the wheels are all off the ground.... Very secure, and works a treat

[F1 NDW]

I've been looking at lifts for a while now and another good extra with the 4 poster is a cross beam jack that can be used to lift the front or back wheels up as required. I must admit it is looking like a four poster, especially as you need to retighten the suspension components with the car sitting on its wheels, not with them dangling as they would on the two poster.

[Lunablack]

Mine came with a cross beam.... But no jack....whenever I wanted to use it I'd just place a small bottle jack on it, and lift from there...

If I'm honest, it was the only part of the system, I wasn't 100% confident in...... It was ok on the TVR, but I've never used it with the Aston, as I think the design of the beam is a little bit compromised, and the extra weight of the Aston may be to much...

If I were keeping the lift, I would have modified the beam, and made some improvements... Which would have been easy enough for someone who can weld and bend a bit of steel

[Retman]

Lunablack said:

F1 NDW said:

Luna work is about to start on my new garage and I'm planning to fit a lift. I'm still undecided about a 2 post or 4 post lift. What was the make of your ramp? And no I'm not doing it so Phil can park his car under mine and out of the rain!

It came from this company....bought it around 07.... And paid around £1500 at the time....
It was 50/50 on this or a 2 post, but in the end I went for the 4 poster....I've just sold it, and pretty much got my money back... So worked out well

http://webportal.internbv.nl/

Saw these at the Classic Car Show last week Neil, they looked a solid piece of kit to my untrained eye. They were selling them for £1,850 + VAT for self assembly. Alternatively Strongman were there too http://www.strongmantools.co.uk/4%20Post%20Lifts.h... again looked good and UK supplied with installation service if required. GPM3D on here recommended the Intern to me.

[F1 NDW]

Retman said:

Lunablack said:

F1 NDW said:

Luna work is about to start on my new garage and I'm planning to fit a lift. I'm still undecided about a 2 post or 4 post lift. What was the make of your ramp? And no I'm not doing it so Phil can park his car under mine and out of the rain!

It came from this company....bought it around 07.... And paid around £1500 at the time....
It was 50/50 on this or a 2 post, but in the end I went for the 4 poster....I've just sold it, and pretty much got my money back... So worked out well

http://webportal.internbv.nl/

Saw these at the Classic Car Show last week Neil, they looked a solid piece of kit to my untrained eye. They were selling them for £1,850 + VAT for self assembly. Alternatively Strongman were there too http://www.strongmantools.co.uk/4%20Post%20Lifts.h... again looked good and UK supplied with installation service if required. GPM3D on here recommended the Intern to me.

Yes I've got all the details for the strong man lifts. They do look good. They also include the cross jack bar that will lift the wheels. There certainly is plenty of choice.

[SLacKer]

Someone PM'd me to ask about what I replaced on the door and where the gap was. So just for completeness

This is where the rubber fits on the top corner of the rear of the door


This shows the worn rubber held in front of where it fits


I have no photo of the window gap but the following shows where I was able to get a finger nail above the glass. The glass goes into a channel on the A pillar so you should never be able to get a finger nail above it.


I would think the badly aligned window is quite rare but it does produce the most annoying wind noise.

Thanks for the feedback regarding tiles. I have measured the garage up now and am looking at getting this sorted soon.

[Tony V12V]

F1 NDW said:

I've been looking at lifts for a while now and another good extra with the 4 poster is a cross beam jack that can be used to lift the front or back wheels up as required. I must admit it is looking like a four poster, especially as you need to retighten the suspension components with the car sitting on its wheels, not with them dangling as they would on the two poster.

Neil..just my 2p's worth. Fors and againsts each - a two poster gives you full access to the underside but its very difficult to open the doors when the car is in position. A four poster obviously restricts the access to the sills (I assume your sills dont need welding...yet!) but still gives good underside access whilst retaining the weight of the car on its wheels. Best - and safest - method to jack it up on a 4poster would be with a proper jacking beam on wheels that will run up and down the platform - just make sure you have one that goes low enough to clear the underside. We had to have our 4T jacking beam modified in the MoT bay to go low enough to clear front splitters. We are undergoing a refit early next year and will be replacing 3 old 2posters with scissor lifts which pick up under the sill/jacking point - allow full access into the car with the doors open and leave the wheels hanging for service work etc. Its all according to what you want to use it for. Ideally you need one of each !! If I was getting one at home - it would be a 4poster with two jacking beams to allow removal of all four wheels at once. Hope this helps

[F1 NDW]

Thanks for the input Tony. I think it is leaning towards the 4 poster with the jacking beam. I just liked the fact that the 2 poster didnt seem to fill the whole garage up so much.