Danmn858

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So the show circuit in Chicago is over for the season and I sold my wheels. As most of you know I'm building a custom set of works and have some projects to do between now and the spring.
I put my car up on stands in my garage and I plan on keeping it on the stands for at least a few months until I start test fitting the wheels once they're finished. I've never stored my car or any car like this for that matter. I put the 4 stands on what I believe are frame rails (circled in red where I put them on the pic below). Let me know if this is a good place to have the stands for a few months.
Also, is there anything else I should do to maintain the car while its up like this? Maybe some fuel stabilizer? I can still start the car every few weeks to run and rev the engine though.
Let me know, I could use the advice!

Excited to begin my new projects and come out strong in the spring!!
Thanks again,
~Danny

where I put the stands

JCrane82

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Hey Danny,

The frame rails you circled will work just fine for jack points. You should have no issue keeping the 8 on stands using these jack locations. Adding some stable to the tank would be a good idea, and I always store the tank full. Having the fuel full will reduce the amount of water than can condense into the fuel. Turning it on and letting it reach operating temp every three weeks would be good, but not 100% necessary. If you are worried about the battery, you can also pull it and store it inside over the winter. This is what I do use to do with all of my motorcycles. Another option is getting a battery tender and leaving it hooked up all winter.

After you have your new wheels/tires on, I recommend keeping the rubber off the concrete during the winter. You can do this with jack stands or wheels/tire dollies. Even putting a piece of cardboard or carpet under the tire will help prevent dry rot.

Can't wait to see the new look! Keep us posted on your progress.

Jesse

HiFlite999

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I keep the fuel close to empty for the winter, so it starts off in spring with fresh gas. Even outside, the amount of water that can condense in the gas tank is miniscule. Inside, even less.

Danmn858

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Thanks guys, really valuable information.
I actually forgot to mention that I have a trickle charge for my battery. I'm gonna be keeping the battery operating over the winter so I can test the new wiring that I do.

GK1707

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Custom Works? Holy crap dude lol thats awesome. Are you keeping the Vertex front? And for storage I'd say the trickle charger should do it to keep the battery fresh.

You could also throw some seafoam in the tank since it doubles as a fuel stabilizer, and use it for a decarb after you take it out of storage. Also putting some fabric softener sheets around the interior and under your seats has been known to repel small animals from nesting in stored cars.

nuke0907

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That's not a Vertex front.

JCrane82

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^This.

Thanks for sharing info as I forgot to add this one.

bse50

Shocks don't like being fully decompressed or even stationary for too long. That's the only thing i'd care about.

Carbon8

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^Agreed, fully decompressed shocks put a lot of strain on them and can damage them over time and even cause a seal to rupture, I would recommend slight compression under the control arms that you can put 4x4 under each control arm to achieve some compression while still being able to keep the jack stands in place.

Danmn858

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Yeah I bought a set of discontinued works and I'm going to relip them with a wider different style lip and refinish/anodize the faces.
Its a Mint Blue front end haha, yes I'm keeping it. Just took it off because I need to drive the car up on a couple 2x4's to fit a jack under it and the front doesn't clear a 2x4. Its also gonna make it easier to have it off when I work on some stuff this winter.
I've never heard of the fabric softer thing, the car is in my garage at home... I really hope there wouldn't be any small animals haha.
As for the decompressed shocks, I'm on coilovers. Does that make a difference?

HiFlite999

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Unless it's a very smart charger, I wouldn't leave it on 24/7. What I did for my airplanes (which don't get flown more than a few times per month) was to put the trickle charger on a timer set to run 2-3 hours/day and to switch on at the coldest time of day. I also did this for 2 cars stored in a barn for 5 years. Worked well.

JCrane82

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Good info. Unless you have an automatic trickle charger, you don't want it on full time. Battery Tenders are pretty cheap, and help maintain the battery.

cpenner

I've had squirrels destroy a plug wire set (and various other assorted wires) while the car was in the garage. Even though the car was being driven a couple times a week!

Danmn858

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I ******* hate squirrels.

That's a really good idea! I have a timer I can use for that.

Carbon8

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No coil-overs don't' make a difference, my mistake its not the shock per say that you need to worry about its the strut that can become damaged, i would think coil-overs would be less likely to suffer due to the combination of the strut and shock taking an even amount of decompressed stress, plus without wheels on the car thats a lot of excess weight of them to help as well, but I wouldn't chance it just to be safe, $10 bucks for some wood under the control arms or a couple hundred in new coil-overs