Winter Storage:
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8th Gear
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Winter Storage:
I found some neat jacks that I m thinking about buying to store my C6 coupe for the winter. Here is the web-site for the jacks and their purchase price, about $700. What I want to know is there any of you out their that store their vette for the winter and would like any tips or do's and don'ts that I should be wary of. I will be storing it in a non-heated garage.
I am a new owner, just picked up my 2007 C6 about two weeks ago.
Here is the web-site:
http://www.gardenofspeedin.com/produ...ail=738&sub=36
I am a new owner, just picked up my 2007 C6 about two weeks ago.
Here is the web-site:
http://www.gardenofspeedin.com/produ...ail=738&sub=36
Team Owner
Joined: Dec 2004
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From: Damn Connecticut Yankee
I don't really see any advantage to those "jacks".
If you're really cramped for space, take the time to jockey the car into position. Not sure, but you might want to avoid the vehicle's weight being on tires bearing on eight small rollers. But you know your storage situati'on, I don't.
Anyway, here's what I do for my garaged C6:
1. Fill gas tank and add Sta-Bil (7.5 oz.); run through fuel lines.
2. Change oil and filter.
3. Park on moisture barrier
4. Inflate tires to 38 psi cold.
5. Apply sealant, wax, etc. to exterior paint.
6. Apply leather dressing to seat panel.
7. Apply vinyl dressing to interior; and to exterior black trim pieces.
8. Hook up Batter Tender. Run wire into engine compartment from underneath car and duct tape exposed wire to floor so you don't trip over it and yank it out.
9. Crack windows a bit.
10. Cover with Wolf Dustop inside car cover.
11. Wait for Spring.
If you're really cramped for space, take the time to jockey the car into position. Not sure, but you might want to avoid the vehicle's weight being on tires bearing on eight small rollers. But you know your storage situati'on, I don't.
Anyway, here's what I do for my garaged C6:
1. Fill gas tank and add Sta-Bil (7.5 oz.); run through fuel lines.
2. Change oil and filter.
3. Park on moisture barrier
4. Inflate tires to 38 psi cold.
5. Apply sealant, wax, etc. to exterior paint.
6. Apply leather dressing to seat panel.
7. Apply vinyl dressing to interior; and to exterior black trim pieces.
8. Hook up Batter Tender. Run wire into engine compartment from underneath car and duct tape exposed wire to floor so you don't trip over it and yank it out.
9. Crack windows a bit.
10. Cover with Wolf Dustop inside car cover.
11. Wait for Spring.
Safety Car
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Dallas Tx
A bottle of Stabil in a full tank of premium. Battery Tender Plus on the battery. Then on nice days I'd start it up and either take it around the block or just up and down the driveway a few times if the roads were a mess. Good to run it a couple times a month to keeps things like seals lubed and tires from getting flat spots. If it has to sit someonewhere for a couple months with no access to power, take battery out and put on a Tender at your house.
Melting Slicks
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From: Long Island NY
Drifting
Joined: May 2006
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From: Chicagoland Illinois
Stabil in the tank, fill er up and park it.
I cover mine since I got a free cover.
Start her up in the spring and change oil/filter. My battery didn't need a tender. I plugged it in after two months and it charged for about 1/2hr.
I cover mine since I got a free cover.
Start her up in the spring and change oil/filter. My battery didn't need a tender. I plugged it in after two months and it charged for about 1/2hr.
Team Owner
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 25,455
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From: Damn Connecticut Yankee
Flat spotting won't occur during storage if the tire psi is raised.
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