Anyone store the G on jack stands for the winter months?
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Anyone store the G on jack stands for the winter months?
I've been considering doing this in the winter because I'd like to avoid buying another set of wheels. Has anyone done it and does it effect the suspension components at all from being extended for a long period of time? All input/suggestions is always appreciated 
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Any reference that I've seen, generally recommends to have the suspension in it's normal position.
The second myth is that a car should be stored on jackstands to keep the weight off the suspension. The theory is that keeping weight off of the suspension will somehow preserve it's full motion. In fact, removing the weight of the car will pull the suspension out of it's normal resting place and put it in an unnatural state of hyper extension. Keeping it this way over the long term will cause bushings and joints to bind up and the end result may be corrosion building up in the area of normal suspension travel where don't want it instead of the unused areas where it basically doesn't matter.
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Yeh, I've heard this too, and I'm not exactly sure if my bags would like that either. My main reason was to keep my brand new tires intact, without flat spots. I dealt with that at the start of this season and I don't want to repeat history. I will be replacing the shocks come spring anyway so I'm not hugely concerned about that.
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I don't think it would effect the suspension, if you remove your suspension from a car and store it they would be in the extended position. And it shouldn't have any problems. Ive kept my project cars on stands for months at a time and all it really needs for when it hits the street is for the suspension to settle.
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Low profile or OEM? I think the lower profile tires are more prone to flat spots as they don't as thick of a sidewall therefore a bit less protection from a flat spot? I don't know, maybe my logic is coming from left field... haha.
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OE this year, but that will change next year.
The other thing I've heard is that some of the Extreme Performance tires don't like to be frozen.
& need to be stored inside.
The other thing I've heard is that some of the Extreme Performance tires don't like to be frozen.
& need to be stored inside.
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I'd rather have it on stands than bricks, either way I can have the wheels off and inside the house. I think I'll try jack stands this year just to see how it goes. I may drop it down halfway through winter just to compress everything.
Leaving the suspension in full droop for extended periods puts torsion on the rubber suspension bushings and can tear them. What about those stands that bolt to the wheel hubs in place of the actual wheels?
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^good idea.
i stored my 3kgt vr4 like this for about 2 years. i had the jackstands under the lower control arms so the suspension was compressed as if it would be when the wheels are on.