308 mid rise lift

My son, who works at a VW dealership, was given (as in free) a Norco 86002A mid rise lift that had been unused for a period of time. I brought it home and found that someone had replaced the "up" button but had miss wired it causing the lift to not operate correctly. After switching a couple of wires it worked fine, raised my 1999 Ford Ranger without any problem. I haven't tried it on my GT4 as it is in his garage and his lift is in my garage!

It may be a viable alternative to a MD-6XP for those shopping for a mid rise lift, it is a very similar design.
https://www.mile-x.com/norco-86002a-48-mid-rise-lift/
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If you have a sectional garage door you can replace your opener with a wall mounted jackshaft type, that's what I did, they are very smooth and quiet and free up the ceiling space.

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Image Unavailable, Please Login Boy those mid lifts are a pain. I just moved mine to my outside carport— and have always thought of recessing it into pad for ease of spotting the car.

the biggest hassle for me is having to use 12” planks lined up just right to get on top of lift.

some jobs require jack stands and then crawling under and laying on top of mid lift.
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I used four planks each side ..one on top of each other and 2 side by side ..I butt them up the lift and find it easy to drive up in to it .. I also offset them so that I get a stepping effect for driving in to them

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I have 8.7 foot ceiling roughly, and use a MaxJax.

I love the lift, but it would be more convenient if I could keep the column bolted. I have one that doesn't move, and my outside one I have to install every time.

It doesn't take TOO long, but it's a bit of a hassle. Once on the lift though... just love it. I don't know if I could go back to jack stands.

 

In regards to ceiling height, if you were planning to use the lift solely for your Ferrari the standard height of a 308 is 42 inches. The max rise of a mid-range lift without extensions is normally 45 inches so that would put the top of the car at 7.25 feet. You could even use the 3 inch extenders and still be okay.

 

I have the same opener. Just curious if you have to reset your travel limits much?! Seems I have to adjust the down travel two time per year. It tends to want to keep driving the door down longer as time goes by... just curious if it’s just me.

As for the main post here, I have a Quality 4 post that is great. Narrow footprint allowing me to use the space next to it for my daily.


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If you decide on the midrise lift you can technically move it unless you built it in ..

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Then that is a personal preference but I would think the middle bay to give ample room to open doors have cart with tools next to you etc

I would manufacture a cover so that it would be out of sight if you wanted to move car to side and use the remajn two bays as open space when not working car

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I've never had to make any adjustments. When you say "driving the door down" do you mean it continues to unwind the spring? Does the door still open all the way? I would check to make sure the connection to the jackshaft is not slipping because the travel limits are programmed internally to the box so that would be the only way they could get out of sync.

 

The up limit stays perfect and is no problem. When I put the door down it will go down and when it gets to the ground it tries to continue closing it another inch or few. So it sounds awful as the motor wants to keep driving the door down but the ground is in the way! Eventually it tries to close the door long enough after it’s on the ground that it thinks it hit something and reopens. I have redone the travel limits twice in the past year. This all starts to happen it seems when the seasons (temperatures) change. Just curious if the door you have this motor on is used daily? Mine is used for my daily driver so it gets some use...


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Yes mine gets used all the time and I’ve had it for over four years now, never an issue.

 

Quick jack in action if it helps in the decision process.
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I know this thread focuses on scissors lifts, but removing wheels on a 4-poster is easy with the included jack tray (which slides end to end), plus a bottle jack and jack stands that sit in the jack tray. You are limited to lifting one end at a time (unless you buy or make a second jack tray).