Deploying and Storing Car for a Year: Tips or Suggestions?
04-03-2011, 10:01 AM
#11
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If you don't want to spring for jack stands, get some 6" landscape timbers at Home Depot, cut them into about 8" lengths, and stack them (each layer at 90 degrees to the one under it) and use those to raise the car at the appropriate points (preferably the frame rails). I would raise the car off the ground enough to take most of the weight off the wheels, but not so much as to completely allow the suspension to hang all the way down.
I second the recommendation to investigate inside storage, even if it costs you something. If your paint gets bird poop on it and it doesn't get washed off for months, you're definitely going to see paint damage when you get back. Your interior is going to seriously bake in the Texas sun and you may substantially age your seating surfaces and the underlying foam and your headliner glue. I agree with the advice not to use a cover for 12 months of storage; it will likely trap moisture and damage your paint, if it rips it will flap in the wind and bang against your car or someone else's, etc.
Sta-Bil is excellent fuel stabilizer; use it at the higher strength (as indicated on the bottle) for longer-term storage (i.e. a year) and be sure you run the car long enough after putting it in the gas tank for the treated gas to make its way to the engine.
The wikihow article cited earlier has excellent suggestions.
Most of all, thank you for your service to our nation, and stay safe wherever you're going.
I second the recommendation to investigate inside storage, even if it costs you something. If your paint gets bird poop on it and it doesn't get washed off for months, you're definitely going to see paint damage when you get back. Your interior is going to seriously bake in the Texas sun and you may substantially age your seating surfaces and the underlying foam and your headliner glue. I agree with the advice not to use a cover for 12 months of storage; it will likely trap moisture and damage your paint, if it rips it will flap in the wind and bang against your car or someone else's, etc.
Sta-Bil is excellent fuel stabilizer; use it at the higher strength (as indicated on the bottle) for longer-term storage (i.e. a year) and be sure you run the car long enough after putting it in the gas tank for the treated gas to make its way to the engine.
The wikihow article cited earlier has excellent suggestions.
Most of all, thank you for your service to our nation, and stay safe wherever you're going.
04-04-2011, 01:57 PM
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If you don't want to spring for jack stands, get some 6" landscape timbers at Home Depot, cut them into about 8" lengths, and stack them (each layer at 90 degrees to the one under it) and use those to raise the car at the appropriate points (preferably the frame rails). I would raise the car off the ground enough to take most of the weight off the wheels, but not so much as to completely allow the suspension to hang all the way down.
I second the recommendation to investigate inside storage, even if it costs you something. If your paint gets bird poop on it and it doesn't get washed off for months, you're definitely going to see paint damage when you get back. Your interior is going to seriously bake in the Texas sun and you may substantially age your seating surfaces and the underlying foam and your headliner glue. I agree with the advice not to use a cover for 12 months of storage; it will likely trap moisture and damage your paint, if it rips it will flap in the wind and bang against your car or someone else's, etc.
Sta-Bil is excellent fuel stabilizer; use it at the higher strength (as indicated on the bottle) for longer-term storage (i.e. a year) and be sure you run the car long enough after putting it in the gas tank for the treated gas to make its way to the engine.
The wikihow article cited earlier has excellent suggestions.
Most of all, thank you for your service to our nation, and stay safe wherever you're going.
I second the recommendation to investigate inside storage, even if it costs you something. If your paint gets bird poop on it and it doesn't get washed off for months, you're definitely going to see paint damage when you get back. Your interior is going to seriously bake in the Texas sun and you may substantially age your seating surfaces and the underlying foam and your headliner glue. I agree with the advice not to use a cover for 12 months of storage; it will likely trap moisture and damage your paint, if it rips it will flap in the wind and bang against your car or someone else's, etc.
Sta-Bil is excellent fuel stabilizer; use it at the higher strength (as indicated on the bottle) for longer-term storage (i.e. a year) and be sure you run the car long enough after putting it in the gas tank for the treated gas to make its way to the engine.
The wikihow article cited earlier has excellent suggestions.
Most of all, thank you for your service to our nation, and stay safe wherever you're going.
04-04-2011, 03:19 PM
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LOL. Insightful.
04-04-2011, 05:27 PM
#16
Inside storage is worth the money spent if you want to keep the car for a long time. I have stored an 89 Porsche 944 turbo many times during long Michigan winters (sometimes the 944 would not be driven for 10 or 11 months at a time) and the Porsche has stayed in excellent condition.
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