[carswithdonuts]

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Hey all,


Recently created a new account on here (had some in the past, but wanted a fresh one!). I have some free time on my hands and wanted to start some write-ups on some projects, past cars, etc. When my wife and I bought our house, we had a few non-negotiable items. One was that it had to have a three car garage. We got a house that as a two car garage, as well as a single car adjacent to into. Original plan was to have my wife and I's cars in the two car and my bike (Yamaha R6) in the third with a little workshop area. Well plans kind of morphed and ended up selling my bike before I bought the house. Ended up turning the single garage into a home gym. Will outline below.


First up was the garage from the start.




Went with black doors. I like clean and simple.





Pretty plain inside being all white with the cement floors. First up was to have the floors done. When it came to this process I did a ton of research into what I wanted from the floors. Ultimately, I would have loved to go with swisstrax. Ended up with having a local guy do both garages for a great price. If I had to do it again, I would have spent the extra money and got the swisstrax.



When we first moved in I had my ’20 m340 x drive. Loved that car.



Next up was our single car garage, or our home gym. Wanted to make it feel a bit bigger/different. Ended up painting just the one wall in black. Loved the difference this made in the feel of the room. Went with black. Because like I said, I like clean and simple.



We ordered a bunch of stuff from Rogue. I can include a full list if any are interested. We ordered gym flooring by the roll to protect the floors that we’d have to cut and lay down before unpacking all of the equipment.




Finally everything was unpacked and setup. Still a bit messy. But it was a start




Added some more banners and moved out some boxes. At that time, some extra tires lived in the corner lol.





That wraps up the single car garage. What a difference it is having a place to lift at my house. Throw on the fan, blast some tunes, and you have your own get away.


Moving back to the two car garage. My original plan was to paint the walls grey, trim black, and ceiling black. As you can guess, I am very plain. But hey, I like it. Ended up just doing the ceiling in black. Was tired of painting…But wow, what a difference the ceiling made. Was a little unsure of this before hand. But so glad I did it.




Next up, bought some floating cabinets from Garage Organization for about $1500.

Link: https://www.garage-organization.com/Product/Prepac-BRGW-0708-5M.aspx

Really wanted to splurge at the time, but costs were adding up for the house. Down the road, would love to add the swisstrax with some higher end cabinets. But for now they’ll do.





Finishing up some final touches. Im so glad how it turned out. What a difference it makes opening the door and seeing my cars sit in here. Its not the perfect setup, but its a start.





A fun picture of my old f80 m3 posted up.




Quick mod to the floating cabinets, I added a board from Ikea which I was shocked that I liked. But fit perfectly. One is a little crooked, need to fix that. Wanted quick access to some of my tools and this fit the bill! Also attached what items I bought for the board. Was about $100 total.






The g80 sitting in the garage.








Thanks for reading! The first thread like this for me, but want to start doing more. If anyone has any feedback or questions, let me know. Can also do a writeup of the gym buildout if any are interested as I mentioned above. Thanks!

[PatientM]

Awesome job! looks great! Home gyms are the best investment EVER. I converted our 'in laws unit' of our home into the gym. My parents and in laws weren't too stoked loll

[chicagofan00]

Looks great!

[carswithdonuts]

Originally Posted by PatientM

Awesome job! looks great! Home gyms are the best investment EVER. I converted our 'in laws unit' of our home into the gym. My parents and in laws weren't too stoked loll

Appreciate it, it is game changing having it. And haha I can imagine!

[carswithdonuts]

Originally Posted by chicagofan00

Looks great!

Thank you, I really appreciate it!

[heavyrain]

AWESOME thanks for the write up. it was a pleasant read. Love the touch on the black paint.

[carswithdonuts]

Originally Posted by heavyrain

AWESOME thanks for the write up. it was a pleasant read. Love the touch on the black paint.

Thanks! Yea I love black, white, grey. Clean and simple haha

[BMWFanatic2008]

Well done, looks great. I wish I had patience and time to organize my setup as neat as yours. I also have Rogue equipment and they’re the best.

[carswithdonuts]

Originally Posted by BMWFanatic2008

Well done, looks great. I wish I had patience and time to organize my setup as neat as yours. I also have Rogue equipment and they’re the best.

Appreciate that! And yea it took some time. But I enjoy it, as I do with cleaning, detailing, etc. going to start posting a bit more about it to brain dump haha.

And yea rogue is great. The rack is actually foldable. So I can put everything out of the way and pull in a car!

[Resoelg]

Nice toys!

[rofsky]

Looks great! You should swap the garage door openers to the chamberlain shaft drives with the electronic deadbolt. I did that and what a difference. It opens up the ceiling space a bit. Notice the top left. It bolts right onto the rod. Got myn at depot. Amazon has them too. Easy self install.

[Sedan_Clan]

That turned out really nice O.P. Great job and nice car!

[rofsky]

Throwing this out there. I was on a budget for cabinets and got the harbor freight rollers, and a table on overstock for cheap. Through some amazon castors on it and its working for me. Older pic, still a work in progress too. Seems like it never ends.

[carswithdonuts]

Originally Posted by Resoelg

Nice toys!

Thanks!!

[carswithdonuts]

Originally Posted by rofsky

Looks great! You should swap the garage door openers to the chamberlain shaft drives with the electronic deadbolt. I did that and what a difference. It opens up the ceiling space a bit. Notice the top left. It bolts right onto the rod. Got myn at depot. Amazon has them too. Easy self install.

Oh man thank you! Gunna have to look into doing that. Looks great

[phefner]

Love it! Inspired.

[carswithdonuts]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

That turned out really nice O.P. Great job and nice car!

Thanks!!

Originally Posted by rofsky

Throwing this out there. I was on a budget for cabinets and got the harbor freight rollers, and a table on overstock for cheap. Through some amazon castors on it and its working for me. Older pic, still a work in progress too. Seems like it never ends.

Wow, that looks like an awesome setup! I would love to get the rollers. Unfortunately I don’t have a ton of space. Even the cabinets I got are not that deep. Garage isn’t that big. Next house I’m opting for a 4 car with way more space and a floor drain lol. Hopefully add a lift. But that will come hopefully in time.

Your setup looks great. Love the floors as well

[carswithdonuts]

Originally Posted by phefner

Love it! Inspired.

Thanks!

[carswithdonuts]

Originally Posted by rofsky

Throwing this out there. I was on a budget for cabinets and got the harbor freight rollers, and a table on overstock for cheap. Through some amazon castors on it and its working for me. Older pic, still a work in progress too. Seems like it never ends.

Also sick bikes. Miss mine.

[rofsky]

Thanks. Space is my biggest nightmare, we had a 3 car, then got this house which has them split, my wife has the single car and I have a 2 car now, where I had all 3 before. I also lost my RV parking and enclosed trailer in the move, better house lot and neighborhood but still :/ spent a few hours the other night thinking how I will stack motorcycles to gain some space lol. Love the garage doors, black ceiling and home gym you inspired me for sure.

[carswithdonuts]

Originally Posted by rofsky

Thanks. Space is my biggest nightmare, we had a 3 car, then got this house which has them split, my wife has the single car and I have a 2 car now, where I had all 3 before. I also lost my RV parking and enclosed trailer in the move, better house lot and neighborhood but still :/ spent a few hours the other night thinking how I will stack motorcycles to gain some space lol. Love the garage doors, black ceiling and home gym you inspired me for sure.

Space is the hardest. Def want more in the future and to add a gt3 and a Ducati v2

And thanks again, let me know if you have any questions!

[cfm56d7b]

This is the best non M project which winds up to be double M at the end: //Magnificent garage with an equally //Magnificent G80 in it.

Thanks for sharing. The green vest (on the weight bench arm) and his owner are deeply appreciated.


My nomination for the project of the year ...