4 Questions You Need to Ask Your Garage Car Lift Manufacturer

If cars are your passion and you like to mend, repair and service them all by your own, then having a car lift for your garage is mandatory. Whole day lying below the car and mending it may cause strains on your neck, shoulder and pain on the lower back. This condition will make you sick gradually and you will be bed ridden within no time.

To install a garage car lift, you need to invest a huge amount. More over the in stallion procedure is also very tricky.

Just for your information, let me tell you that there are 60 garage car lift manufacturesin the U.S at present who sell garage car lift with price ranging from 1,000 dollars to 10,000 dollars. As there are so many lift suppliers, it is hard to decide where to start from and what to buy. A lot of money is at stack. Therefore, be sure before you buy. It's not only about the money, but the damage that a wrong garage lift or a poorly installed garage lift can do to your car is very dangerous. If a car lift is properly installed and maintained, it will give years of service without any disturbance.

Here are 4 important questions that you need to ask the company before buying a car lift

1. How are the Lifts Sold?It has been seen that most of the automotive companies sell their products only through their websites or from their service truck. Moreover, they take the help of the third party company or manufacturer in trading. They keep a very few materials in their inventory like the spare parts.

That means your chances of seeing the lift before you buy it is very less. You may face this situation because they do not have a showroom, neither skilled engineers nor an inventory.

You invest a huge amount to buy a garage car lift. Therefore, be sure about what you are buying and from whom you are buying. Gather confidence about the company from whom you are buying the lift, so that when you need support you can look forward to them.

2. Are You the Manufacturers or Resellers?

The resellers only sell the lifts that are made offshore. That means neither you will be able to know from where the lift is fabricated, nor can you interact with the the manufacturer. Resellers are not responsible for any kind of product design, quality, safety testing and manufacturing. If any part needs to be replaced, it will be difficult to find or may be not available on time.

You must have the correct information regarding the manufacturer of the lift. Also see to it that the company is ISO 9001 certified company so that you can have a proof of their authentication.

3. What is the Warranty Period?

This is a necessary question to be asked regarding the warranty period of the garage car lift. Ask all the companies about the warranty that they offer on different part, cylinder and the structure. Most of the companies will provide one year as warranty period. This happens because the resellers from offshore do not get any compensation from their manufactures in case of any failure.

You must always look for at least 2 years warranty on the parts, 5 years warranty on the structure and a life time warranty on the cylinder of the lift.

4. How do You Test the Safety of the Garage Lift?

Most of the companies that sell lift on the web depend on the third party manufacturers to guarantee the safety measures of the lift. Is this right? You must ask the companies how they are ensuring the safety of a product. Are the lifts tested by the engineers?

Never get tricked by the products that has CE certification. Remember that CE is a well-known safety standard in Europe but not in America.

Summing up

You should always ask these four important questions while you buy a garage car lift. This will help you get the best lift for your garage and it will also help you to be safe in terms of lift malfunction.

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Drew Graham is a Automotive mechanical Engineer and has more than 10 years of experience in automotive industry. He loves to pen down his knowledge through many blogs. To solve your query contact us through his facebook and Twitter network.