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When storing your Corvette in the garage, under a car cover, in snow country do you do anything special to protect the rear of the car that is exposed to snow when the garage door is up? I am stumped as to a satisfactory solution.
What many do is put the car on jack stands prevent tire flat spotting. Don't forget to get a good quality battery tender to keep the battery charged. Next wax or seal the paint to protect the finish from anything that may come in contact. Check the anti-freeze, add staybill to the gas tanks and use a soft underside all weather car cover. If the garage door is left open you could always put a blue tarp over the rear half of the car for additional protection. Some have issues with rodents that you may also want to address if it is a problem in your area. Some members have an annual regiment for winter storage which they may want to share here.
When storing your Corvette in the garage, under a car cover, in snow country do you do anything special to protect the rear of the car that is exposed to snow when the garage door is up? I am stumped as to a satisfactory solution.
So, I live in snow country and the vette sleeps in the garage covered with a car cover that covers the entire car - no paint can be seen. I don't leave the garage door open either. The only time that I go in there is to get ice melter, and that only takes a minute. If you are worried about snow blowing in there, I'd be more worried about raising the humidity inside your garage when the snow melts. If your car cover doesn't cover all of the car, I suggest that you get one that does. I can't see how getting some small amount of snow on the car cover could hurt anything. You can just brush it off and sweep it out of the garage. Or am I missing something obvious here?
Here is a pic of where my car sits in the garage, during the snowy months. I only open the main door to take my snowblower out, but snow never penetrates that deep into the garage.
My storage method for the past 10 years are:
1) Put stabil in for the last fill up before hibernation
2) Pump up the tire pressure to 40 psi, and check once in awhile
3) Clean the interior, then place bounce dryer sheets in the car to keep it smelling fresh
4) Hook it up to a battery tender (Battery Tender Plus in my case)
5) Leave the hood open some so it it not latched
6) Put the car cover on
7) Leave till Spring.
Depending upon the mileage on the oil, I may change before hibernation, or after a few thousand miles in the Spring.
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St. Jude Donor '09
Originally Posted by Vette_Fever
When storing your Corvette in the garage, under a car cover, in snow country do you do anything special to protect the rear of the car that is exposed to snow when the garage door is up? I am stumped as to a satisfactory solution.
It’s never a good idea to leave a vehicle on jack stands which unloads the suspension.
That is exactly what you want to do. If not the tires can flat spot unless they are removed and the composite springs are at rest. This is why you never see professional race cars sitting on the ground for any length of time
That is exactly what you want to do. If not the tires can flat spot unless they are removed and the composite springs are at rest. This is why you never see professional race cars sitting on the ground for any length of time
Tires getting road spots are almost a thing of the past. What i do is park on 1" blue rigid insulation and iveI never had an issue and I have factory original tires from 2012 😀
I back mine into my pole barn and it's resting on pieces of horse stall mat, 1" rubber that are on a tarp. And I do the same as 4SUMERZ with prep, using a CTEK,
with the addition of 000 steel wool in tailpipes.
I use a goose down comforter laid over the rear of my C6 if I ever have to open the garage door in the snow., Also have 2 window fans - one on each side blowing the snow away. That stuff can be quite caustic to Corvettes.. I dont worry about my BMW - the paint on that thing is snow proof.
That is exactly what you want to do. If not the tires can flat spot unless they are removed and the composite springs are at rest. This is why you never see professional race cars sitting on the ground for any length of time
Actual race cars don’t have rubber sway and control arm bushings, they have poly which won’t be affected.
SW Pa. here, and we get brutal winters. Unheated garage with a cement floor. I put down a rubber floor made of those interlocking rubber mats, then I put down Tire Cradles and drive up onto them. Add Stabil to the FULL gas tank, treat my leather surfaces well, hook up a trickle charger, add a few Bounce dryer sheets in the motor and under the car, then cover it with a super soft set of flat sheets sewn together to cover it end to end, then cover it with my Vette cover, pull it down all the way and over the tailpipes, etc. And that's it.
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I pull my lawn furniture off the deck, drop the table between the Vette and the garage door, in it's side to protect against any snow that could blow in. I also have room to slide the grill in there.
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