4 Post Lift Installation Advice & Pics

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Offline Old Moparz

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4 Post Lift Installation Advice & Pics
« on: March 02, 2005 - 02:30:11 PM »
I'm not asking, I'm offering. I'm almost done assembling this one, (one more to go) & one thing for sure, it's FRIGGEN' HEAVY!!  :eekbig:

I could have paid an additional $175 each to have them installed, but a few reasons I decided to do it myself were:

1) I saved some money.

2) More importantly than the money, is if I know exactly how it goes together & it breaks, troubleshooting it will be much easier.

3) I like to do things myself as much as possible, & putting this together is more exciting than wet sanding.

My advice though, is don't even consider doing it without an overhead hoist or at least 3 or 4 other people to help. Most of my friends are not nearby, & any family members are all out of state. (I'd rather they stay away anyway.) The overhead chain hoist worked out great, & I don't think a floor standing cherry picker would get adequate height to lift it.

All that's left on this one is to install the air lines & the casters, tighten up some misc. items & plug it in. It's a Bend Pak, HD-9 with a 9000 pound rating. I ordered the drip pans for both & one set of casters, but held off on the jacking tray. I figure for the amount of times I need to get the wheels up in the air I can do it from the floor, or place the stands on the runways.

Here's the place I bought them from, & they discounted each one $100 because I bought 2 of them. http://www.e-autolifts.com/index.html Shipping is included with the price, & that alone was over $500 from another lift company. They can deliver to your home, but since there is limited access to my house for a truck, I decided to pick them up at the local Yellow Freight terminal.

This has been the main reason I haven't been able to finish test fitting the '71 Barracuda grille & trim. Maybe in a week or so I'll be back onto that project & post some pics of it.
« Last Edit: March 02, 2005 - 02:32:29 PM by Old Moparz »
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Re: 4 Post Lift Installation Advice & Pics
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2005 - 02:34:57 PM »
Wow...that's a biiiiig project, but it looks great!  If I were there, I'd help ya!
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Re: 4 Post Lift Installation Advice & Pics
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2005 - 02:52:18 PM »
I really wish we had a lift.  One question, where in the world did you get the banner of that pink chally?  I HAVE TO GET ONE!!!!!  You better keep your garage door locked up tight since I know you live only a few minutes away from me!!!!!!  That banner just may get kidnapped (or would that be bannernapped??).

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Re: 4 Post Lift Installation Advice & Pics
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2005 - 03:20:03 PM »
Wow...that's a biiiiig project, but it looks great!  If I were there, I'd help ya!

Okay, Atlanta isn't too far, I'll wait for you to do the second one & beer & pizza is on me.  :beer:

I really wish we had a lift.  One question, where in the world did you get the banner of that pink chally?  I HAVE TO GET ONE!!!!!  You better keep your garage door locked up tight since I know you live only a few minutes away from me!!!!!!  That banner just may get kidnapped (or would that be bannernapped??).

The lifts are a lot more affordable than they used to be. This one is a wider version, which is a little more money, but I'm a firm believer in bigger is better. Not a "macho" kind of thing, it's a "I'm sick of the cramped spaces" kind of thing. You can get the narrow one, the HD-9ST, delivered for under $2500 from the same place. I gave consideration to adding to the garage, but 2 lifts were a lot cheaper.

The banner was given to me by a good friend 2 Christmases ago. He also gave me a lime green '70 Hemi Cuda banner, which is on the other door. MAybe you can see it in the picture below? I can ask him where he ordered them from, but don't know if they're still available. Anyway, if mine is missing I'll know where to look.  :laughing:
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Re: 4 Post Lift Installation Advice & Pics
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2005 - 04:37:26 PM »
WOW!!!  I'd love to have one of those. It's gonna be nice working on your cars now..
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Re: 4 Post Lift Installation Advice & Pics
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2005 - 04:46:54 PM »
old moparz...........that looks great :drool:

did you bolt it to the floor or is the lift portable with wheels?




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Re: 4 Post Lift Installation Advice & Pics
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2005 - 05:44:26 PM »
My husband is putting a lif in our polebuilding but he is going with a 2 post so he can lift the bodies off the frames of the gtos he is restoring.He was looking at eagle lifts.


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Re: 4 Post Lift Installation Advice & Pics
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2005 - 05:49:48 PM »
Man, that looks awesome!
Cool banner idea too...that's about the only spot in my garage that doesn't have crap thrown against it.  :laughing:

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« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2005 - 06:30:01 PM »
 Those cars were used in BF Goodrich Radial T/A  tire ads if I remember correctly.
 At the time when they ran the advertisements in the magazines there was a blurb on the bottom about ,"for a full size poster/banner send $$ to such+such address"
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« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2005 - 07:00:52 PM »
nice O.M.   thats the way I'll go
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Re: 4 Post Lift Installation Advice & Pics
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2005 - 09:06:36 PM »
old moparz...........that looks great :drool:

did you bolt it to the floor or is the lift portable with wheels?


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I'm not going to bolt either one to the floor, & got one set of casters for them. Casters were a $250 option, & I can only move one at a time anyway. If I got a 2 post lift I'd have lost the mobility of them since they must be anchored. I can swap the casters from one to the other, & move them to wherever it's more convenient. (See layout below for what I'm planning to set up) I'm mostly using them for parking & need to get the workshop side of the garage back. It will be nice to move one over to the work area from time to time & do something under the car without laying flat on my back.

Thanks for the compliments everyone, I waited what seems like an eternity to have a decent garage, & not use the gravel driveway or the Cover-It tent I had before it. Now that I have the space & some toys to put in it, the savings account will have to catch up so I can get a few things done to the cars.  :laughing:
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Re: 4 Post Lift Installation Advice & Pics
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2005 - 09:50:59 AM »
Real nice set up  :thumbs: I've been thinking of adding a lift at the "barn", but the area that it would be installed is somewhat limited in width area, it currently has a full length pit, can you provide the outside dimensions of your model and the narrower model so I can determine even if I can fit it into my situation, I don't think height will be a problem. Thanks.
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Re: 4 Post Lift Installation Advice & Pics
« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2005 - 10:45:31 AM »
Real nice set up  :thumbs: I've been thinking of adding a lift at the "barn", but the area that it would be installed is somewhat limited in width area, it currently has a full length pit, can you provide the outside dimensions of your model and the narrower model so I can determine even if I can fit it into my situation, I don't think height will be a problem. Thanks.


The web site has a good page with all the dimensions.
 
http://www.e-autolifts.com/footprint.html 

There's even a single post lift, but it's more expensive & has a smaller weight capacity. 

http://www.e-autolifts.com/pl/pl.html

Mine is the wider, HD-9 at 120-3/4" at the widest point which is the floor plate.
« Last Edit: March 03, 2005 - 10:49:45 AM by Old Moparz »
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Re: 4 Post Lift Installation Advice & Pics
« Reply #13 on: March 10, 2005 - 12:01:07 AM »
Those cars were used in BF Goodrich Radial T/A  tire ads if I remember correctly.
 At the time when they ran the advertisements in the magazines there was a blurb on the bottom about ,"for a full size poster/banner send $$ to such+such address"


They've got a small catalog with a whole bunch of cars done up like that banner. You can get them in either banner or poster size.
The poster on my garage wall is one I ordered from them.
http://www.cuda-challenger.com/smf/index.php?topic=8775.msg81767#msg81767

If anyone's interested I can pull the guide out and scan in a few pics and check prices.
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« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2005 - 11:25:24 AM »

If anyone's interested I can pull the guide out and scan in a few pics and check prices.

I'd be interested in checking out prices!  :thumbs:

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