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Old 10-07-2005, 12:12 PM   #1
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Default Winter Storage

Well, it's actually getting close to that time of year for those of us in the upper states to start thinking about winter storage. Anyone willing to share what they do to prep their car for winter storage, as well as share pictures of how/where they block their car for the winter.

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Old 10-07-2005, 01:00 PM   #2
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Default Re: Winter Storage

I'll share my winterization routine. I do NOTHING. But then I drive it all winter too as long as there is no snow on the ground. But if I was to winterize, I'd do the following:

- Change oil + filter
- Fill tank and add one bottle of fuel stablizer.
- Clean interior and exterior.
- Wax car
- Remove battery and store indoors in climate controlled environment. Charge as needed.
- Jack the car and block it at the same points that the professionals use in the auto body shop.
- If you don't want to jack it, just more it 3 inches forward every week. When you run out of room, start moving it backwards.
- Cover car

The easiest thing to do is just drive it.
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Old 10-07-2005, 02:47 PM   #3
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Default Re: Winter Storage

My GTS sits for a few months during the winter.

I wash and wax, fill the gast tank, cahgne the oil and hook up a battery tender. (I use a cig lighter adapter I made up so that the hood can be closed)

The car was meant to be supported by the wheels, I leave mine that way. The tires will not flat spot within a few months. Flatspotting was far more prevelent with the older bias ply tires./

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Old 10-07-2005, 10:05 PM   #4
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Also you can pump up the tires to around 45 lbs and park it on stock pen mats or carpeting.I find something to clean every 2-3 weeks and run it for 1/2 hour,roll back and forth. GTS Bruce
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Old 10-07-2005, 11:51 PM   #5
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Also somewhere in SEARCH in every imaginable storage tip
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