Lets see some members garages.

[carfiend]

I'm fairly new here but after seeing the previous post of worlds most beautiful garages i was interested in seeing other members garages (the normal people with less than millions). I'm moving into my first new house and am trying to figure out what to do with my garage. It seems to be a fairly tight space.

Just to start things off the garage below is mine all virgin and untouched. (Don't close on the house till next week.)

[JennB]

Lol. Hey there, neighbor. Our current garage is pretty plain. Just white pegboard and nothing cool but we've got plans for the new place. We're getting the garage floors coated and we're trying to decide on the storage. Definitely a nice tall tool box for the under-stairs cubby area and something along the back wall. We've pulled both Miata's in and there is plenty of room along the back wall for a cabinet system and some work surface. We may go with the Rubbermaid system that hangs on the wall.

I'm also very tempted to just get something like this

http://www.garagecabinetsonline.com/store/i/is.aspx?path=/Shared/images/Ulti-Mate/GA-50KPC.jpg&lr=t&bw=300&bh=300 (http://www.garagecabinetsonline.com/store/i/is.aspx?path=/Shared/images/Ulti-Mate/GA-50KPC.jpg&lr=t&bw=300&bh=300)

Not huge, but enough to do the trick. Very clean and sleek.
(http://www.garagecabinetsonline.com/store/i/is.aspx?path=/Shared/images/Ulti-Mate/GA-50KPC.jpg&lr=t&bw=300&bh=300)

[Bernie]

I'll play along... this was 11 days before I bought my current miata...

http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo331/ftomb/IMG_0335.jpg

[carfiend]

Hey Jenn

Yeah having two miata's in the garage would open up so much space. As i always tease my fiancee about, her car is a freaking whale (toyota solara) so its going to pretty much take up one side of the garage.

Yeah what you're showing is what i would love to do. I was looking at those ready made storage units and they seem ridiculously expensive for what they are. The just general 2 door cabinets cost more than a full craftsmen toolbox.

[JennB]

Yeah, they aren't cheap but after having a garage with just open wire shelves and a work bench that's small and older than both of us, we're thinking of making a reasonable splurge for Christmas. I'm so tired of the disorganization and clutter. Maybe just start with one tall cabinet, two small ones and a work surface. I'm looking at the Gladiator stuff that is welded, not ready to assemble, with all metal shelves. We've made this list of wants and needs for the house and we're prioritizing things and pricing it all out and since I'm more than a little OCD about organization, the garage is up pretty high on the list. Maybe there will be some good after Thanksgiving sales at Sears.

[nickt93]

Here's a few of mine - humble submissions in light of Steve's earlier posts of those amazing garages! The garage is a 2 car with a nice amount of space - roughly 20x22. There is a door at the end of the garage that leads to a storage room - that's where my air compressor is. There's a door off to the left that leads to an unfinished two room suite which is great for storage.

This is the most recent picture - in fact, I took it minutes ago. I just added 6 48" T8 lighting fixtures a few weeks ago - they make a world of difference, especially when working at night! The fixtures are less than $10, and the bulbs are cheap. I'd recommend this to anyone. Also, you can see my new Husky toolbox. The Kobalt to the left of it will be for sale soon!

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/5953/dsc04041t.jpg

An older pic when I still had my M3:

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/331/img0833k.jpg

[lance]

I'm fairly new here but after seeing the previous post of worlds most beautiful garages i was interested in seeing other members garages (the normal people with less than millions). I'm moving into my first new house and am trying to figure out what to do with my garage. It seems to be a fairly tight space.

Just to start things off the garage below is mine all virgin and untouched. (Don't close on the house till next week.)


http://www.me.com/ro/ericames/Galleries/100009/garage_1/web.jpg?ver=12584955240001

Here is mine. Heated, air conditioned, fridge, bathroom etc.

[scandmx5]

lance won
now ill try to get my boss's car garage posted, its on both sides of the house
countach, diablo, astin healey, old jags, double park lift things

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

Good idea for a thread! I cleaned up my parents garage big time this summer, I need to take some pictures with all the stuff back in there which aren't quite so nice. But here are a couple from when the floor was drying.

Before:

http://www.mx5atlanta.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=2326&d=1258507636

After:

http://www.mx5atlanta.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=2327&d=1258507693

http://www.mx5atlanta.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=2328&d=1258507777

Since then we've also put in more fluorescent lighting than you can shake a stick at. Lights up really well with the glossy walls and floor. Unfortunately the paint on the floor hasn't held up as well as I thought it might and it gets really slippy when wet.

[Legend]

Well since I sit around and envy your cars over mine it's my turn to gloat....This is truly man-land. Night pics don't do it justice but it's a great place to be...Coated floor and a bunch of sh... behind all of those cabinet doors like jacks, jackstands, vacumns, and every kind of cleaner you could ever want. Changing oil, spilling stuff, all just wipes right up. Cabinets are just Home Depot cabinets that I painted and put counter tops on. Oh and about " Man Land". Notice only wifey's car is in the garage tonight....Miata is getting her AC fixed today.

[FE3tMX5]

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/fe3mx5/tree/09_0413_tree013_640.jpg

Here's what it looked like prior to the crash. A full 17'6" square circa 1925. It was near falling down when we got the house- but I built it back, better than it was before. :lol:
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/fe3mx5/other/sIMG_2889.jpg

Hopefully I'll have something nicer by next year. :o

[metalman]

YI'm so tired of the disorganization and clutter.

If it werent for "disorganization and clutter" my garage would be boring. :lol:

[ben91]

Well since I sit around and envy your cars over mine it's my turn to gloat....This is truly man-land. Night pics don't do it justice but it's a great place to be...Coated floor and a bunch of sh... behind all of those cabinet doors like jacks, jackstands, vacumns, and every kind of cleaner you could ever want. Changing oil, spilling stuff, all just wipes right up. Cabinets are just Home Depot cabinets that I painted and put counter tops on. Oh and about " Man Land". Notice only wifey's car is in the garage tonight....Miata is getting her AC fixed today.I like your cabinets. I honestly never thought of going to HD and actually paying for new ones... I have been planning/procrastinating on pulling old cab's out of a house getting renovated, but never have. I did just pick up a table saw and some more shelving to help clear up some of the accumulated clutter I have now, but having cabinets that close and hide stuff plus the work surface would be freakin sweet. My dad has some extra stainless steel work tables that he's offered me for my garage, but they're so freakin big (he bought a bunch of tables from restaurant auctions for his work surfaces, they're AWESOME).

[Legend]

Yea, it really kills me on those home shows where they tear out the cabinets with a sledge hammer.....I keep thinking....Man those would be great in my garage. I've seen some on Craigslist from time to time for decent deals.

[oldgrayfrog]

Oh I have such envy over Nick's Garage. My garage is such a pit, and it's all my fault.

[RotorNutFD3S]

My garage is occupied by my car (and the tools necessary to dismantle and rebuild it) and my dad's custom Chevy work van, nothing special to see.

[Doppelgänger]

Hey Nick- Care to come help a friend install a few of those lights when the time comes?? :D

[CaveRacing]

HA! I was just thinking the same thing about those lights for my garage. I have two flourescent units on the ceiling now. I think I may want a third. Hmmmm

I like the 4 in Nick's garage. That's excellent lighting. Make's detailing a car way easy.

[jzilla]

If it werent for "disorganization and clutter" I could not find anything :lol:

fixed for accuracy

[nickt93]

Hey Nick- Care to come help a friend install a few of those lights when the time comes?? :D

Absolutely - just say the word. This has been the best $100 I've spent on my garage, hands down.

[Stealth97]

I have a one car garage with the miata in it, and a two car garage full of crap! Nothing worth posting pics of... Yet

[FE3tMX5]

This has been the best $100 I've spent on my garage, hands down.
I agree- I was up to five of those fixtures.

...and a two car garage full of crap! Nothing worth posting pics of... Yet
I personally find the crap interesting... can't you tell? :lol:
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/fe3mx5/other/sIMG_2896.jpghttp://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/fe3mx5/other/sIMG_2898.jpghttp://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/fe3mx5/other/sIMG_2899.jpghttp://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/fe3mx5/other/sIMG_2900.jpg

[lance]

Well since I sit around and envy your cars over mine it's my turn to gloat....This is truly man-land. Night pics don't do it justice but it's a great place to be...Coated floor and a bunch of sh... behind all of those cabinet doors like jacks, jackstands, vacumns, and every kind of cleaner you could ever want. Changing oil, spilling stuff, all just wipes right up. Cabinets are just Home Depot cabinets that I painted and put counter tops on. Oh and about " Man Land". Notice only wifey's car is in the garage tonight....Miata is getting her AC fixed today.

Wife has her own two car garage for parking her stuff.
My garage is my garage! :banana:

[Roadster]

Mine's...

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/NismoSER/DSC_0118.jpg

[BFH miata]

we've got too much crap packed into ours...
http://www.bfhgarage.com/public/random/garage1.jpg

but I have been able to carve out a small work space and room for a traffic light :)
http://www.bfhgarage.com/public/random/hung2.jpg

[Jack-MX5ATLanta.com]

That light was really cool when I came by and picked up that valve cover from you. Result of a drunken night out? :lol:

[metalman]

You guys and your 'ultra clean' garages...that's no fun at all. :lol:
Indoor junkyard!! Craptastic shop!! Organized chaos!!! A place where you can strip a car and not worry about an oil splatter or throwing junk on the floor! Now we're talkin!!

Dont even ask me about my basement! :lol:

[BFH miata]

Hey Kurt, nice LE miata parts as wall art?

The traffic light came from my wife's cousin, who was going to put it in a restaurant that he never built. He asked if I wanted it... hell yeah I want it.

[metalman]

LE miata parts as wall art?

Youre damned right skippy! Next on the list is a stripped low mile Sunburst artistic wall hanging. :lol:

[Prodigy]

I have the garage from China... you can probably guess where I work. :D

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq314/prodigyprotege/garage/P1030614.jpg

The rainbow of cancer-causing powdercoat is getting to me, everything
(jacks, jackstands, shop press, engine hoist, engine stand, welder, bench press, toe plates, and air compressor) is about to be painted one solid color just to match.
That and it'll be easy to find if anything were to be stolen.

[lance]

Hey Kurt, nice LE miata parts as wall art?

The traffic light came from my wife's cousin, who was going to put it in a restaurant that he never built. He asked if I wanted it... hell yeah I want it.

I have one in my garage, it is set up to cycle through the sequence.

[miata5620]

I have the garage from China... you can probably guess where I work. :D

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq314/prodigyprotege/garage/P1030614.jpg

The rainbow of cancer-causing powdercoat is getting to me, everything
(jacks, jackstands, shop press, engine hoist, engine stand, welder, bench press, toe plates, and air compressor) is about to be painted one solid color just to match.
That and it'll be easy to find if anything were to be stolen.

Looks like you werent joking all those years about totally taking over your parents garage with your "stuff".Be careful of all the cancer causing products in there man it will get to you in time.

[quadmasta]

Hey Cap'n Harbor Freight. How's that toolbox? I need one for the shop.
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs051.snc3/13843_180126204758_642509758_2704520_7287946_n.jpg

I'll post more pics of it as construction progresses :)

[miata5620]

the red one that they carry in the store is actually nice especially for the price. I used to work there. the one chris has being stainless is special order if its even still avaliable.

[Prodigy]

Mine is for sale if you're interested, top + bottom for $600. (It goes for $900 new (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=91469))
The stainless steel one looks great but the sheet metal is a thinner gauge compared to the red ones.
I've had over 500 lbs of tools in it, the slider bearings work great even with all the weight. It cleans up quick too.

Looks like you werent joking all those years about totally taking over your parents garage with your "stuff".Be careful of all the cancer causing products in there man it will get to you in time.

LOL, yep. that's only half of it. The rest of it is in the basement + at the lakehouse.

[quadmasta]

Interested in the toolbox. I'll take it to PMs.

[Mazdababy]

Here is mine. Heated, air conditioned, fridge, bathroom etc.

A lot cleaner than when I borrowed those tools :P

Well since I sit around and envy your cars over mine it's my turn to gloat....This is truly man-land. Night pics don't do it justice but it's a great place to be...Coated floor and a bunch of sh... behind all of those cabinet doors like jacks, jackstands, vacumns, and every kind of cleaner you could ever want. Changing oil, spilling stuff, all just wipes right up. Cabinets are just Home Depot cabinets that I painted and put counter tops on. Oh and about " Man Land". Notice only wifey's car is in the garage tonight....Miata is getting her AC fixed today.

I believe I test drove that white miata you were selling as well as some infinity references? I drove the red NA and my friend was with me.

[Mazdababy]

Mine is for sale if you're interested, top + bottom for $600. (It goes for $900 new (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=91469))
The stainless steel one looks great but the sheet metal is a thinner gauge compared to the red ones.
I've had over 500 lbs of tools in it, the slider bearings work great even with all the weight. It cleans up quick too.



LOL, yep. that's only half of it. The rest of it is in the basement + at the lakehouse.

The link you supplied shows that it is $499.99? lol

[FE3tMX5]

quadmasta - you need to hit up CL for your shop. I've seen some amazing deals from shops that have probably gone belly up. Dyrna Rockets furnished his wife's bakery with nearly all CL and eBay stuff and saved like 75% over buying new.

[Grantri]

Mine's full of crap....and a couple of Miatas

[Reverend Greg]

Aint Got One,Im going to build a Hut to work on the car over the winter.
-G-

[ben91]

The link you supplied shows that it is $499.99? lolTop and bottom boxes are sold seperately.

[GraffitiPanda]

damn... mines stuffed full of misc. jeep parts and miata parts a few florescent tire signs i got from kauffman tire when they got new ones (if anyone needs 50lb balests sp? for florescent signage let me know!)
generally theres an 06 highlander decked out with jesus fish and angels (mothers) and my pirate ship

[silver280zx]

I finally remembered to take pics, unfortunately it was dark so i could only take pics of the area's of the shop with lights.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/924165385/004-2.jpg
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/924165385/005-1.jpg