Finished garage project pics

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ka1srs

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Freqent lurker/reader, but I deemed this project post-worthy. Hopefully the pics will work.



I finally got the time, materials, talent, money, etc all together to get my garage the way I've always wanted it.



Sorry, no "before" pics, but think standard 2-car garage. 2 common walls finished, otherwise bare studs, 1 light bulb, 1 electrical outlet...a generally unfun place for an enthusiast and his cars.



Today's garage: Insulated walls, 10 outlets, 6-48" lamps, epoxy'ed floor, painted masonry, slick clean walls, tons of storage space, open floor space, a big work bench...etc.



On to the pics!



The whole thing:

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Closeup of the work/storage area. All Coleman brand cabinetry. Reasonably priced at Lowes.



Gotta have a lot of light!

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Epoxy floor from Rustoleum. Standard Lowes/Home Depot kit. Working quite well. If you've done one, 90% of success is in the prep.

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Painted masonry and rubber cove molding to protect against water.

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Storing, jacks, ramps, polisher+supplies, bits/drivers, electrical cables, floodlamp, helmets, air tank...



Detailing gear anyone?

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Wheel storage (ahh, blessed floorspace returned!) posts from Griot's Garage
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Also note wall-mounted Shop-Vac, tool storage, and cheap radio picking up Sirius from the indoor device, so plenty of music



Water, cold and hot pumping through anchored reel unit. Ridiculously over-engineered ball-bearing stainless German quick connects on hoses too!

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Also note heater. We have season in Ohio, but it's always 80 in here.



Any enthusiast garage has to have some checkered flag action
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Art
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R-content

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Cheers! :D
 
Looks great! :goodjob I love the R with the RC's. I have them on my GTI.



Can you explain what you're using for the wheels on the wall.
 
I love the Audi Poster. I have a 4 of them in my basement, but not that one. I may need to go find one of those. Where did you get it?



Great garage.



Sam
 
I have been keeping mental notes about how to transform my garage - w/ special emphasis on neatness, but low cost. I think I found my solution - Coleman at Lowes. Thanks JMan5000!
 
Thanks for the comments all.



audicoupej, the wheel storage posts are from Griot's, hence:



Wheel storage posts from Griot's Garage
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I'm contemplating some new furniture, which means putting a LCD TV in the bedroom. Which means the tube TV would get wall mounted in the corner.



As for the Audi Poster, I picked it up last fall from the source...the Audi museum in Ingolstadt, the place where the trip computer was able to read 600 miles covered in 6 hours.:eek:
 
Jman5000 said:
Thanks for the comments all.



audicoupej, the wheel storage posts are from Griot's



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When I read this fast: "Wheel storage (ahh, blessed floorspace returned!) posts from Griot's Garage" I thought you meant you posted about it, lol. When you typed: "Wheel storage posts from Griot's Garage." I understood how dumb I was. Thanks for pointing that out. :wall
 
Awesome garage i would kill to have a garage that clean and organised.

Well done.

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Dave
 
JMAN,



Man love the Coleman stuff. Don't know why I never looked at Lowe's but those cabinets look great, and the price is good.



I won't have the cash to make my garage look as nice as yours, but thanks for some ideas. Great job.
 
I still don't get how those wheels are held up??? :confused: The wheels/tires must weight at the very least 25 lbs each, so that's 100 lbs minimum it's holding up. That is pretty amazing.



I'm so envious of you. I wouldn't mind having just a bare empty garage. Heck, I'll even settle for only shade, but I still can't even get that!
 
Thanks again guys for the comments.



The wheels are more like 45lbs each w/rubber. Cheap wheels...I put the race budget into the tires unlike the wheel weight fanboys I pass w/their not-so-fast statistics, but I digress.



The board behind the wheel has 8, 4.5" lag bolts going into 4 different studs. The board behind the wheels spreads the weight "footprint" and the posts themselves have 2 smaller lags each going into the support board.



You must do something like this or you'll bow your drywall or worse, yank it off the wall.
 
Finally my inspiration. A normal size garage like mine that looks sweet. I was up till 3:00 am cleaning my garage and am still getting rid of crap this morning. Pictures like this really inspire me and give me the vision I need to keep throwing stuff away.



What I always wonder though... were is all the stuff!! :nixweiss :chuckle:



Christmas lights, luggage, camping gear, etc. If I can just convince my 25 year old stepdaughter to throw away the 2 rubbermaid containers of stuff animals. :shocked
 
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