# Best $600 I've ever spent **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [September 29, 2010, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-600-ive-ever-spent/254780 "2010-09-29T11:30:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-600-ive-ever-spent/254780/1 "2010-09-29T11:30:37Z")
For those of you who don’t read my build thread; I bought myself a birthday present last week. Something I’ve always wanted and always assumed I would have to own a house a have a lot more money before I would be able to afford it: [http://img.photobucket.com/download-albums/v638/Mafdark/Phone/VIDEO0011.mp4](http://img.photobucket.com/download-albums/v638/Mafdark/Phone/VIDEO0011.mp4) ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-600-ive-ever-spent/254780/2 "2010-09-29T11:34:21Z")
STI? ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-600-ive-ever-spent/254780/3 "2010-09-29T11:52:35Z")
scrap metal taking up space? ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-600-ive-ever-spent/254780/4 "2010-09-29T11:55:25Z")
the scissor lift??? ---
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-600-ive-ever-spent/254780/5 "2010-09-29T11:56:23Z")
did anyone click for the video? Yes, the scissor lift. -removed the image to prevent further confusion. lol ---
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-600-ive-ever-spent/254780/6 "2010-09-29T11:59:29Z")
looks dangerous ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-600-ive-ever-spent/254780/7 "2010-09-29T12:10:16Z")
looks awesomely dangerous. I’d be happy if i got to use that for a few year before it failed and chopped me in half or something ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-600-ive-ever-spent/254780/8 "2010-09-29T12:12:33Z")
dont sit under it! nice pick up though! your back will thank you! ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-600-ive-ever-spent/254780/9 "2010-09-29T12:13:02Z")
this thread got me thinking… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-600-ive-ever-spent/254780/10 "2010-09-29T12:28:46Z")
> [@What kind of car does your girlfriend drive](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-car-does-your-girlfriend-drive/35367/33): > > looks awesomely dangerous. I’d be happy if i got to use that for a few year before it failed and chopped me in half or something It can’t really fail. Other than the car falling off it its pretty much fool proof. The clank you hear is a solid piece of bar-stock that hops over solid 2 inch thick “stops”. That bar and blocks prevent the lift from lowering even if the other components fail. The metal it’s made out of is about three times the thickness of the frame rails on the sol and its rated to lift 3 tons. My car weighs less than one ton right now. :number1 ---
**Author:** ![SlackJ94](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slackj94/32/6325_2.png) [@SlackJ94](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SlackJ94)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-600-ive-ever-spent/254780/11 "2010-09-29T12:33:27Z")
That’s sick. Where’d you get it? It would make working on the Datsun and doing maint on the Saab cake. ---
**Author:** ![offroadzj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/offroadzj/32/6428_2.png) [@offroadzj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/offroadzj)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-600-ive-ever-spent/254780/12 "2010-09-29T16:57:20Z")
but it looks very narrow and seems like the car could easily fall to either side if you were to cough on it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-600-ive-ever-spent/254780/13 "2010-09-29T17:19:19Z")
I don’t know what else to say other than, nope. It’s not that narrow and its very stable. ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-600-ive-ever-spent/254780/14 "2010-09-29T17:22:35Z")
so when its all jacked up, u can rock the car and it stays solid? doesnt get shaky ? looks awesome but i’de have to really try to rock the car to see how solid and how well planted it is on that lift good price for a lift tho !! ---
**Author:** ![offroadzj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/offroadzj/32/6428_2.png) [@offroadzj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/offroadzj)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-600-ive-ever-spent/254780/15 "2010-09-29T17:22:43Z")
fair enough… still a nice pickup either way. I would probably throw some stands under it if you are gonna be underneath it. ---
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-600-ive-ever-spent/254780/16 "2010-09-29T17:30:29Z")
> [@FS: LS1/LS6 heads/cam and more](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-ls1-ls6-heads-cam-and-more/35157/28): > > so when its all jacked up, u can rock the car and it stays solid? doesnt get shaky ? > > looks awesome but i’de have to really try to rock the car to see how solid and how well planted it is on that lift > > good price for a lift tho !! With the base plate bolted into the concrete there is no rocking or lateral movement at all. Even before it was minimal, really just the flex in the baseplate. The thing is heavy enough and well designed enough to be stable. ---
**Author:** ![DRock518](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drock518/32/6363_2.png) [@DRock518](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DRock518)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-600-ive-ever-spent/254780/17 "2010-09-29T17:31:18Z")
> [@What kind of car does your girlfriend drive](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-car-does-your-girlfriend-drive/35367/33): > > looks awesomely dangerous. I’d be happy if i got to use that for a few year before it failed and chopped me in half or something Bwahaha Nice pick up BTW Im sure it has some sort of safety latch correct? Wouldnt be too hard to make one if it didnt have one. ---
**Author:** ![toomanycamaros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-600-ive-ever-spent/254780/18 "2010-09-29T19:12:31Z")
nice pick up. I’m impatiently waiting to buy land and build myself a garage with a lift.