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garage mod - GP compatible



What's wrong with this picture???

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Why have a "back-up" cam, if you're not going to use it?
She should have been a blonde!
 
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I guess I am a moron...

Actully if you go to Home Depot you can buy parking blocks for your garage, you can attach them w/ 3m tape or bolt them to the floor, there heavy duty plastic. I put them for one wheel on both sides of the garage (2 car garage) because I wanted to have the most space in front of the garage (work benchs and such) I could have. I just attached mine w/ the supplied 3m tape, I didn't want to drill holes in the floor to re-adjust them later, there cheap too! I have both cars rear bumpers about 3-4 inches away from the door for the max amount of room. I work in my garage alot...
 


Iron Indian said:
I guess I am a moron...

Actully if you go to Home Depot you can buy parking blocks for your garage, you can attach them w/ 3m tape or bolt them to the floor, there heavy duty plastic. I put them for one wheel on both sides of the garage (2 car garage) because I wanted to have the most space in front of the garage (work benchs and such) I could have. I just attached mine w/ the supplied 3m tape, I didn't want to drill holes in the floor to re-adjust them later, there cheap too! I have both cars rear bumpers about 3-4 inches away from the door for the max amount of room. I work in my garage alot...
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guess i was lazy. i put down a spare chunk of 4x4 treated lumber. i didnt secure it to the floor though... sometimes it needs to move, but if your parking against it, the tire wont make it move
 
I like that sensor one that looks like a stop light.......

it has a proximity sensor...so you drive your car in when the light turns green....and then it will light up red......can you believe it ...when you should stop!!!!!!!

amazing!!!!
 
Iron Indian said:
I guess I am a moron...

Actully if you go to Home Depot you can buy parking blocks for your garage, you can attach them w/ 3m tape or bolt them to the floor, there heavy duty plastic. I put them for one wheel on both sides of the garage (2 car garage) because I wanted to have the most space in front of the garage (work benchs and such) I could have. I just attached mine w/ the supplied 3m tape, I didn't want to drill holes in the floor to re-adjust them later, there cheap too! I have both cars rear bumpers about 3-4 inches away from the door for the max amount of room. I work in my garage alot...
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Maybe I am a moron:th_jester: but I use to paint a line to park my tires on because I squeezed a 79 T/A and a 70 W-30 442 into a garage That was full of tools and benches. I needed as much room as possible in my garage so I could work in it and get my snowblower in and out. So I needed every inch possible. I used the lines as a guide to get close to the wall as I could and get the front almost touching the back bench. Didnt want to risk a scratch on either.
 
FastKatt said:
What's wrong with this picture???

102154906x.jpg


Why have a "back-up" cam, if you're not going to use it?
She should have been a blonde!
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That was the first thing I said when I saw that picture in the magazine as well. That magazine has got some pretty silly photos/products in it. It was a good laugh.
 
I dont know if I am a moron or just someone in search of the next neat garage gadget, but I will go with the neat garage gadget myself ;)

I got this parking laser thing off Woot last summer. You just position it above where your car parks and then adjust the directional "laser" to reflect on your front dash to know where you are parking in the garge. It is AC and battery powered if the power goes out, but of course how are you gonna open your AUTOMATIC garage door if the power goes out anyways? :th_nanana:
 


I use a parking mat. It lies flat and as your tire rolls over the flat section you hold it in place, then you go over the first smaller bump that tells you you are getting close then you stop when you feel the other bump. Works good for me. I didn't attach them to the floor any way though I did draw around their corners so I can put them back in place if they get moved.

I use them to position my vehicles as others have mentioned so I can have maximum clearance in front of them. I just want to have the garage door barely miss my car as it closes.

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