Clam storage - LotusTalk

Exiged · 11-04-2012, 12:29 PM

Has anyone figured out an easy way to store the front and rear clams while working on the car? Please don't say clam hinge... I took my car completely apart last winter and had to work around these the entire time because they took up so much room!

I'm thinking like a wall rack or something to that effect...

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CMP · 11-04-2012, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Exiged

Has anyone figured out an easy way to store the front and rear clams while working on the car? Please don't say clam hinge... I took my car completely apart last winter and had to work around these the entire time because they took up so much room!

I'm thinking like a wall rack or something to that effect...

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some sort of ceiling storage?

Exiged · 11-04-2012, 12:53 PM

I was thinking that... But they are pretty big

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MotoGeek · 11-04-2012, 03:11 PM

I set the rear clam on a folded in half moving blanket, taillights down. Perfectly safe as long as you have enough room to not accidentally trip and fall into it.

Exiged · 11-04-2012, 03:16 PM

So you have it standing up leaned up against something like that? I had mine sitting on some tires kind of floating... But it was seriously in the way!

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Deja Vu · 11-04-2012, 04:35 PM

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I set the rear clam on a folded in half moving blanket, taillights down. Perfectly safe as long as you have enough room to not accidentally trip and fall into it.

Did the same thing, but also put it on the carpeted basement floor in an unused hallway. No way for me to accidentally run something into it there.

Plus it is funny to have half a car in your house when guests come over.

peck555 · 11-04-2012, 06:12 PM

My mechanic hangs them on the wall on what looks like a single tire hanger (2 prongs)

Exiged · 11-04-2012, 06:17 PM

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My mechanic hangs them on the wall on what looks like a single tire hanger (2 prongs)

For front and rear clams? This is what I was thinking off... Are they wrapped in foam or anything? Can you get pics?

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peck555 · 11-04-2012, 06:34 PM

If he's open again soon, Sandy may have caused him problems. He hangs both front and rear clams, the rear with the back on top, and the front with the front on top, I think that the prongs are padded also, maybe with pipe insulation from Home Depot (that's a guess).

Pooter · 11-04-2012, 07:17 PM

Just get a clam hinge...

Just kidding.

When I was painting my Elise, I used my folding horse things that I use to paint stuff on. They have pool noodle type pads on them and the width is adjustable by little chain things. They worked great.

I know it's hard to see, but this is the only picture I have to explain what I'm talking about.

R4Racin · 11-04-2012, 07:19 PM

How high is your ceiling? I have bicycle hooks on pulleys.

Pooter · 11-04-2012, 07:23 PM

I'm a big Jeep nerd and I know some people just put a small winch on their wall and a pulley on the ceiling so they can take their hardtops off without a hassle. It just hangs there... not sure how they keep it from spinning around. That'd probably work just as well for a clam.

Exiged · 11-04-2012, 07:26 PM

I have a shorter ceiling and not a whole lot of room. I'm building a longer work bench and some shelving etc to try and gain more room.

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Exiged · 11-04-2012, 07:28 PM

Hanging them on the wall would be the best case scenario for me

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Kimgt · 11-04-2012, 09:11 PM

I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but that garage is asking for a garage majal make-over. there is so much open space and its clutter free at the moment.

Exiged · 11-04-2012, 11:07 PM

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I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but that garage is asking for a garage majal make-over. there is so much open space and its clutter free at the moment.

Yep it needs one! But it's at a duplex that I own and I plan on getting a single family house. I don't want to go crazy in this one and then move to a new house and have to start all over.

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RENDERMAN · 11-05-2012, 02:55 AM

worst scenario rent a Pod storage container and place it in front of the house

Jack FFR1846 · 11-05-2012, 06:21 AM

My garage is open rafters. I'll probably set the clam on the lift.....raise it up and put it into the rafters with the help of my son.

lil lotus · 11-05-2012, 04:14 PM

I had the same problem last year with storing the clam in the garage... left little room to work and always afraid I would end up breaking it somehow. Decided to just bring it in the house this year. This was somewhat risky though as well. We had to get it through three doorways to finally get it in the room... I think the girlfriend was more nervous than me.

Exiged · 11-06-2012, 06:52 PM

I wish I could bring my clams in the house my dachshund will be jumping all over them!

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11-04-2012, 12:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
Exiged Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,237	Clam storage Has anyone figured out an easy way to store the front and rear clams while working on the car? Please don't say clam hinge... I took my car completely apart last winter and had to work around these the entire time because they took up so much room! I'm thinking like a wall rack or something to that effect... Sent from my iPhone using Autoguide.com App __________________ DIY 2007 Exige S K20A2 C38 Rotrex OneHotLap build thread http://www.onehotlap.com/2012/07/lot...rned-into.html http://www.onehotlap.com/2012/07/lot...d-into_11.html

11-04-2012, 12:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
Exiged Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,237	I was thinking that... But they are pretty big Sent from my iPhone using Autoguide.com App __________________ DIY 2007 Exige S K20A2 C38 Rotrex OneHotLap build thread http://www.onehotlap.com/2012/07/lot...rned-into.html http://www.onehotlap.com/2012/07/lot...d-into_11.html

11-04-2012, 03:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
Exiged Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,237	So you have it standing up leaned up against something like that? I had mine sitting on some tires kind of floating... But it was seriously in the way! Sent from my iPhone using Autoguide.com App __________________ DIY 2007 Exige S K20A2 C38 Rotrex OneHotLap build thread http://www.onehotlap.com/2012/07/lot...rned-into.html http://www.onehotlap.com/2012/07/lot...d-into_11.html

11-04-2012, 06:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
peck555 Laser Blue rules Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: White Plains N.Y. Posts: 2,497	My mechanic hangs them on the wall on what looks like a single tire hanger (2 prongs) __________________ Laser blue,biscuit, 2bular single tip, micro mirror, "Blue knob" ,HID lights,Euro LED rear lights,LED headlight rings,rear badge,blue starter button, replaced speakers,perma grin, Club111 The Sith lord of the LB's loyal henchman

11-04-2012, 06:34 PM	#9 (permalink)
peck555 Laser Blue rules Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: White Plains N.Y. Posts: 2,497	If he's open again soon, Sandy may have caused him problems. He hangs both front and rear clams, the rear with the back on top, and the front with the front on top, I think that the prongs are padded also, maybe with pipe insulation from Home Depot (that's a guess). __________________ Laser blue,biscuit, 2bular single tip, micro mirror, "Blue knob" ,HID lights,Euro LED rear lights,LED headlight rings,rear badge,blue starter button, replaced speakers,perma grin, Club111 The Sith lord of the LB's loyal henchman

11-04-2012, 03:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
MotoGeek Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 1,943	I set the rear clam on a folded in half moving blanket, taillights down. Perfectly safe as long as you have enough room to not accidentally trip and fall into it.

11-04-2012, 07:17 PM	#10 (permalink)
Pooter Custom User Title Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,077	Just get a clam hinge... Just kidding. When I was painting my Elise, I used my folding horse things that I use to paint stuff on. They have pool noodle type pads on them and the width is adjustable by little chain things. They worked great. I know it's hard to see, but this is the only picture I have to explain what I'm talking about. __________________ 2005 Flat White Elise

11-04-2012, 07:19 PM	#11 (permalink)
R4Racin Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Home, Sweet Home Posts: 686	How high is your ceiling? I have bicycle hooks on pulleys.

11-04-2012, 07:23 PM	#12 (permalink)
Pooter Custom User Title Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,077	I'm a big Jeep nerd and I know some people just put a small winch on their wall and a pulley on the ceiling so they can take their hardtops off without a hassle. It just hangs there... not sure how they keep it from spinning around. That'd probably work just as well for a clam. __________________ 2005 Flat White Elise

11-04-2012, 07:26 PM	#13 (permalink)
Exiged Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,237	I have a shorter ceiling and not a whole lot of room. I'm building a longer work bench and some shelving etc to try and gain more room. Sent from my iPhone using Autoguide.com App __________________ DIY 2007 Exige S K20A2 C38 Rotrex OneHotLap build thread http://www.onehotlap.com/2012/07/lot...rned-into.html http://www.onehotlap.com/2012/07/lot...d-into_11.html

11-04-2012, 07:28 PM	#14 (permalink)
Exiged Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,237	Hanging them on the wall would be the best case scenario for me Sent from my iPhone using Autoguide.com App __________________ DIY 2007 Exige S K20A2 C38 Rotrex OneHotLap build thread http://www.onehotlap.com/2012/07/lot...rned-into.html http://www.onehotlap.com/2012/07/lot...d-into_11.html

11-04-2012, 09:11 PM	#15 (permalink)
Kimgt Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 531	I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but that garage is asking for a garage majal make-over. there is so much open space and its clutter free at the moment. __________________ 2006 Black Exige Chimera R.B.S./ITB airfilter/Composite Worx

11-05-2012, 02:55 AM	#17 (permalink)
RENDERMAN Living la vida loca... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Le Banane Republique (305) Posts: 4,564 Images: 6	worst scenario rent a Pod storage container and place it in front of the house __________________ WILL.I.AM Then the LORD God made an Exige from the rib of the Elise, and he brought her to the man... -Genesis Do you not recognize my genius creation? -Arashi www.wilsart.com

11-05-2012, 06:21 AM	#18 (permalink)
Jack FFR1846 unamused northeasterner Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Hopkinton, MA Posts: 372	My garage is open rafters. I'll probably set the clam on the lift.....raise it up and put it into the rafters with the help of my son.

11-05-2012, 04:14 PM	#19 (permalink)
lil lotus Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Waukesha,WI Posts: 35	I had the same problem last year with storing the clam in the garage... left little room to work and always afraid I would end up breaking it somehow. Decided to just bring it in the house this year. This was somewhat risky though as well. We had to get it through three doorways to finally get it in the room... I think the girlfriend was more nervous than me. __________________ 2005 Chrome Orange Elise - BOE Rev400 2006 Corvette - Heads, cam, etc. 2005 M3 Competition Pkg. 2002 Grand Prix GTP

11-06-2012, 06:52 PM	#20 (permalink)
Exiged Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,237	I wish I could bring my clams in the house my dachshund will be jumping all over them! Sent from my iPhone using Autoguide.com App __________________ DIY 2007 Exige S K20A2 C38 Rotrex OneHotLap build thread http://www.onehotlap.com/2012/07/lot...rned-into.html http://www.onehotlap.com/2012/07/lot...d-into_11.html

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