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Originally Posted by roastbeef

thanks, i think i'm set on the four post design... definitely not going with a quick jack, i want to be able to park a car under it.
the reason i want to go with a four post is i have a very oddly balanced solid axle 4x4 that i'll work on occasionally. i don't know what it weighs, but its heavily front biased.
although the truck won't be stored under/over it, i think i can still get two cars stored without a high clearance garage (i'm not sure what the height is, i'll have to check).

So let me throw an idea at you. Some people are uncomfortable with leaving a car on a 2 post lift because the suspension hangs unsupported. While I've left my car for weeks at a time on my lift when working on it only on the weekends and never had an issue with the suspension (I'm still on most all the original bushings), I know BMW owners are BOCD (Beyond OCD), so I 'll not argue the point. In weather emergencies I store two of my BMWs in the garage bay with the lift, one on top of the other, so I do occasionally use my lift for 2-car storage.

But if I were afflicted with BOCD, and had a two post lift and wanted to store two cars, I'd just use four (4) under-hoist jack stands, one under each wheel and lightly set the car down to put some load on the suspension. Using these: