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Nov 10, 2009 | 08:43 PM

#11

Choppa

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ya im not 100% on this mines jacked up and my rims are sitting in my room so i can wake up and look at them every morning

Nov 10, 2009 | 09:00 PM

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mygt500

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Originally Posted by Captain_Oblivious83

I'm getting ready to put my mustang in the garage for the winter. I was told by several people that I should put the car up on jack stands so that the tires don't get flat spots on them from sitting in the same place all winter. Is this really necessary, or is it just a load of bs?
Thanks in advance,
C.O

BS unless you have bias ply tires.....

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Originally Posted by Monkeyleg

Flat-spotting used to be a problem for stored cars, but the materials used for tires the last couple of decades have all but eliminated the problem.

I've been storing cars and motorcycles over the winter for nearly 30 years, and have never had flat spots.

My #1 concern is moisture condensation, so I put my car and motorcycle in Car Bag zippered storage "bags" along with bags of silica dessicant.

great points and the desiccant is a must depending on where the car is stored......

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Originally Posted by GreyStang

If you're nervous about flat spots & R too lazy to jack up the car,.. just leave a couple feet clearance in front of the stored car. Roll the car forward or backward a few feet every couple weeks

I do the same thing and inflate the tires to 40 psi to help the steel belted radials. If you do exp a little flat spotting just drive the car around and it will remove the flats spots.

Nov 10, 2009 | 09:00 PM

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08droptop

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will one sheet of plastic under the entire car be good enough? I was thinking of getting a big piece of carpet, but I can get the plastic cheaper. Will this do anything to the concrete in my garage?

Nov 10, 2009 | 09:03 PM

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mygt500

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one sheet will work better then carpet.....get it from a paint supply store like Lowes, Home depot etc.....it should be at least 8 mils thick (most painters plastic is that think and it will state so on the packaging)

wont hurt the concrete in anyway...is it a new Garage?.....if new it will still breath but the plastic will act as a vapor barrier between the concrete and the underneath of the car.

Last edited by mygt500; Nov 10, 2009 at 09:05 PM.