Show your garage set-ups!

BoogeyMan'sBMW · 01-29-2012, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by LACSTER

Here's mine

droooooooooooool at that f10

exclusivo · 01-29-2012, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack Olsen

And while I know it looks all girly and clean in the pictures, it's a working garage that gets plenty messy:

I was just going to comment that some of these garages look too clean, as if all the tools were just for show until I saw the last pic.

acg35 · 01-29-2012, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack Olsen

As others have mentioned, Garage Journal will get inside your head and change the way you see the place where you keep your car.

My plain-vanilla 328 doesn't get a spot in my garage. I made a little cover to go over it's piece of the driveway.

And since I do carpentry, metal fab and car work in my garage (and since the garage is only 20x22), I gave up one of the parking spaces for a more functional setup.

Every garage should have a workbench. Or two. Or ten.

Two fold-down from the wall where the car is parked.

One is hydraulically raised and comes up out of the floor:

It also works pretty well as a lift for my rear-engine track car:

Here's a video about the lift.

Everything in the garage is home-made, repurposed or second-hand. I did all the work myself, including laying the tile and installing the lift. The total budget for the flooring, cabinets, benches and lift was $3,500. (I found the lift on ebay for $455, and put another $215 into tool rental, concrete and tiles.)

And if that isn't enough over-documentation,

here's the video about the garage.

And while I know it looks all girly and clean in the pictures, it's a working garage that gets plenty messy:

Dream garage! Nice work

P1 · 01-29-2012, 10:47 PM

Great thread! Lots of good ideas.

datbimmerdoe · 01-30-2012, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Jack Olsen

uhh... holy shit!

Black Sheep · 01-30-2012, 08:58 AM

Jack Olsen · 02-03-2012, 11:50 AM

Thanks very much, guys.

The one thing that there's no fix for is that it's a small garage. The 911 is such a compact car that it kind of hides it. But when I put the 328 in it, you can see just how much I've built up right to where the car needs to be.

the2rz · 02-03-2012, 12:36 PM

We've got garage parking for 5 and with the house only being 4 years old it's still pretty empty....

3 doors to the left and 2 doors to the right:

For my daughters birthday...

Laid Black 335i · 02-03-2012, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack Olsen

Thanks very much, guys.

The one thing that there's no fix for is that it's a small garage. The 911 is such a compact car that it kind of hides it. But when I put the 328 in it, you can see just how much I've built up right to where the car needs to be.

Sick garage man... but how does that lift work on other cars other than the Porsche? Wouldn't the lift make contact with the exhaust piping on front engine cars? (I'm at work, unable to see your videos).

jafza412 · 02-03-2012, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by brett_duenas

LOL some people are taking this a little too seriously! photoshopping a garage pic, showing your neat line of cleaning products, pictures of jacks/jackstands... really!?

I swear you could start a thread in here about how awesome boobs are, and someone would still hate...

Cool pics everyone!

E92M356789 · 02-03-2012, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 06E90Rostik

If this was our house we would have crammed two cars in there and put bunch of shelves with shit all around the walls. Currently we only have 1 car garage and it's for my car of course

If that was my garage, it would not be that neat!.

Jack Olsen · 02-03-2012, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Laid Black 335i

Sick garage man... but how does that lift work on other cars other than the Porsche? Wouldn't the lift make contact with the exhaust piping on front engine cars? (I'm at work, unable to see your videos).

Thanks. I have blocks that can support the jacking points on my other cars. But the lift was put in for the 911, which is the only car I do regular work on.

Still, I've had the Jeep up on it. The BMW has the service agreement for another couple of years.

SneakyDeeky · 02-05-2012, 04:00 PM

Can't be compared to some of the dream setups already posted, but pretty functional considering it's also my gym and located in SoCal, near the beach.
I'm not complaining.

Built a custom shelf to store my graveyard of car parts (i.e. - front and rear bumpers, sideskirts, and trunk.
Plus, now you know where I keep my 100 octane fuel.

Link to a few more shots for those interested.

O HELLA BMW · 02-05-2012, 04:11 PM

cwbrown · 02-05-2012, 06:47 PM

Good thing its attached to the kitchen; otherwise wife would never see me.
I spend way too much time in there; love to fix.

gogunbaba · 02-05-2012, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DYNASTY XSV

diggin the plates on the e90 man

C.Shopp335xi · 02-05-2012, 07:00 PM

[QUOTE=SneakyDeeky;11285549]Can't be compared to some of the dream setups already posted, but pretty functional considering it's also my gym and located in SoCal, near the beach.
I'm not complaining.

Love this garage and car for that matter!!!

SneakyDeeky · 02-06-2012, 09:17 PM

[QUOTE=C.Shopp335xi;11286305]

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Originally Posted by SneakyDeeky

Can't be compared to some of the dream setups already posted, but pretty functional considering it's also my gym and located in SoCal, near the beach.
I'm not complaining.

Love this garage and car for that matter!!!

Thanks, bro. Me too.

e90fun · 02-06-2012, 09:31 PM

[QUOTE=SneakyDeeky;11294031]

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Originally Posted by C.Shopp335xi

Thanks, bro. Me too.

sneaky that is a clean setup.

is it a townhouse?

looking for something exactly like that, need a garage in my life again.

apartments aren't doing it..

SneakyDeeky · 02-06-2012, 10:23 PM

Thanks, man. Yeah, it's a rear unit, 3 on-a-lot townhouse. I remember apartment life was tough in the garage department. Way too small, plus my neighbor actually put a nice scratch in my wife's VW Rabbit a week after we got it because they had the garage spot right next to us.

matt_435xi · 02-06-2012, 10:36 PM

Z4 soon to be replaced with a F30!

acg35 · 02-07-2012, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by SneakyDeeky

Can't be compared to some of the dream setups already posted, but pretty functional considering it's also my gym and located in SoCal, near the beach.
I'm not complaining.

Built a custom shelf to store my graveyard of car parts (i.e. - front and rear bumpers, sideskirts, and trunk.
Plus, now you know where I keep my 100 octane fuel.

Link to a few more shots for those interested.

Nice car!

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Jack Olsen New Member 8 Rep 19 Posts Drives: 2007 328i Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (0)	Thanks very much, guys. The one thing that there's no fix for is that it's a small garage. The 911 is such a compact car that it kind of hides it. But when I put the 328 in it, you can see just how much I've built up right to where the car needs to be.
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