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Introduction
The garage is the home base for car enthusiasts. Like their cars, car enthusiasts look at their garage as a blank canvas. In the typical home, the garage is nothing but a space with a concrete floor and bare or unfinished walls. This space lacks inspiration and functionality. Why have a space just to store your car and tools without it being efficient and organized? Thankfully, there are thousands of options for garage customization. Storage cabinets, tool boxes, overhead racks, and shelving are just some options you would look at. While these products improve the functionality of your garage, it has to look good right? In this segment of PowerShift Auto, we’re going to cover the best products for building your custom garage!
#1. Flooring
Garage flooring is an overlooked part of the garage customization experience. The standard concrete floor is acceptable to get the job done, but its not the best looking. Aftermarket flooring options are widely available and can transform your garage into a more practical and appealing space.
My first recommendation for garage flooring are Racedeck’s Garage Flooring Tiles. These highly durable polymer tiles interlock with one another to create a high end look with superior floor protection. Racedeck’s tiles are simple to install and can be mixed with different colors to further customize your garage. Create a checkerboard pattern or other design with as many different color tiles as you’d like! What is awesome about these tiles are that they are as easy to remove as they are to install, just in case you want to change the look! Surprisingly, these tiles are very affordable despite providing such a premium appearance.
Want a more permanent solution to protecting your garage floor? You might want to look into concrete floor coatings. These coatings have been around for awhile, and for good reason. Epoxy concrete floor coatings are extremely durable and combat against the common fluid stains from cars. Rust-Oleum, a veteran in all things paint and coatings, has this awesome coating package that covers up to 500 square feet! Rust-Oleum’s “RockSolid” coating is self-leveling and is vehicle ready in 24 hours!
Need something more entry-level for your garage? Fortunately, ArmorAll has a solution for you. ArmorAll’s Original Garage Floor Mat is a simple polyester mat that is absorbent and made in the USA. This mat has several different sizes to be used by almost every car for an affordable price.
Regardless of which flooring option you entertain, these will surely improve the protection of your garage and add some custom flair to it as well!
#2. Storage
Storage boxes and cabinets offer great utility while also offering garage appearance customization. Cleaning up your tools laying about and organizing them in cabinets or wheeled boxes also allow you to find the right tool for the job, or try to prevent another 10mm socket from going missing. If you’re going to have the best tools for your custom garage, you need to have proper storage.
A heavy duty tool chest is an absolute necessity for car enthusiasts. This tool chest particular is a combo of a cabinet and mobile toolbox, providing 8 drawers for storage! The detachable tool box option also fits neatly in the bottom cabinet to minimize the space used for it. The sleek black and chrome appearance also adds to the garage customization theme as it is aesthetically pleasing and fits with any look.
Now at some point, car enthusiasts are going to buy new wheels. Maybe you have a track car that has a set of daily driving wheels taking up space? Or maybe you live somewhere which requires snow tires in the winter? Check out this awesome wall mounted wheel rack and solve your storage problem! This rack has a weight capacity of 400lbs, which is more than enough for wheels and tires. Not only is it strong, but the rack is also adjustable to fit both wider and narrower wheel and tire setups. Don’t let your wheels sit in a corner on top of each other collecting dust when they could be up on the wall for everyone to see!
Overall, garage storage is key to organizing your space and keeping tools and items out of the way. Getting quality storage management items that are also good looking is not difficult. Some of the best custom garage set ups have insane organization.
#3. Lighting
When you hear garage lighting, you might think of a neon beer company light or some small light bulb affixed to the back wall. Thankfully, its 2024 and we got amazing options to create solid lighting for our garage.
If you’ve been anywhere near TikTok, then you already know Garage Hexagon Lights are the hot thing. These styles of LED lights produce excellent light coverage and look awesome when reflecting off of your car’s freshly cleaned paint. Since they are LEDs, they have long runtimes and can save you on your energy bill due to lower power consumption! Hexagon lights are used commonly so installing them is as simple as following a YouTube video. If you want to be even fancier, check out this RGB equivalent to give you some color changing options! A stylish option like this truly gives your custom garage a unique feel.
#4 Automotive Decor
If you’re going to create a custom garage for your car, you gotta make it clear its about cars! For my birthday, I got this awesome Chevelle sign that fits perfectly along my wall. Some other ideas for decor can include company banners, racing posters, and old car ads. My personal favorite touch to my garage is the Mighty Car Mods 180SX Poster signed by Marty and Moog! It was a unique poster that made me excited to own because of how impactful Mighty Car Mods has been on my automotive journey. Lastly, any vintage racing or car manufacturer memorabilia will do well in any custom garage. Regardless of what you buy, make sure you let everyone know this is a car enthusiast’s haven!
#5 Creeper and Stool Set
A good creeper and stool set will make working on any car much easier! Working underneath a car is not comfortable when you have no padding underneath you. This low profile creeper will provide you the comfort needed to work underneath a car for a longer time. What is awesome about this creeper is that it folds into a stool in seconds!
Conclusion
Like our cars, building a custom garage provides us car enthusiasts with another creative outlet to express ourselves. Not only is it a great task to undertake to keep our garage organized, but it also allows us to be more efficient with our garage space. By maximizing the organization and efficiency, our project cars can be worked on with less stress and less mess. Some of these products may even make for a great holiday gift! Hope this guide helps you in your garage customization journey. Send us photos of your customized garage so we can be in awe of your creativity!
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