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khalsa013 · 12-12-2010, 01:13 AM

well my Camaro is in the garage like everyone elses for the snow and i was having a conversation with my cousin (mechanical engineer) well he says i'm stupid because i don't have it jacked up and ill get flat spots? is that true or its not that serious because i'm going to drive in when the snows gone.....

rtcat600man · 12-12-2010, 06:26 AM

Do not jack it up and hang the suspension. Bad for the shocks and springs. Today's tires will flat spot slightly but not like the tires of years past. Best thing would be to over inflate the tires to around 45 PSI. In the spring just remember to reset the PSI and drive it. The flat spot will work themselves out shortly. If you want further info on this subject do a search on the forum, been discussed heavily. Lastly you can park it on some flat spot preventer's. These tend to help stop the flat spots from occurring. Again while searching for info you will see what others have done for this item.

Good Luck

Cam 427 · 12-12-2010, 08:42 AM

My car sat for 2 or 3 of months at a time last winter. No problems.

Bluestreak 2010 · 12-12-2010, 10:21 AM

I would go and move the car forward a few feet after a couple weeks, then back in another couple weeks, which prevented getting any flat spots. Of course, I don't know how convenient this would be for you, but I have mine stored only about five minutes from my house.

khalsa013 · 12-12-2010, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluestreak 2010

I would go and move the car forward a few feet after a couple weeks, then back in another couple weeks, which prevented getting any flat spots. Of course, I don't know how convenient this would be for you, but I have mine stored only about five minutes from my house.

oh well i guess i can try to move it but its stored in my 3 car garage....the last garage is for my camaro but i guess i could start it up and roll it back and forth a couple of times.

Nomad · 12-12-2010, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluestreak 2010

I would go and move the car forward a few feet after a couple weeks, then back in another couple weeks, which prevented getting any flat spots. Of course, I don't know how convenient this would be for you, but I have mine stored only about five minutes from my house.

You could manually spin the tires to a different contact point by jacking each one off the ground if you don't have the room to roll the whole car.

camaro4mybday · 12-12-2010, 07:57 PM

there are rubber mats designed to keep you from flatspotting your tires, check out midamerica they have them off the top of my head

mikey45 · 01-27-2011, 10:08 PM

steel belted tires will have a flat spot after time, but as soon as you take it back out and run it a few miles it goes away

2010 SSRS · 01-27-2011, 10:18 PM

my Camaro sat all last Winter and no flat spots and the battery did not die either.

12-12-2010, 01:13 AM	#1
khalsa013 Drives: 2ss & ZL1 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: wisconsin-Miwaukee Posts: 675	Storage flat spots? well my Camaro is in the garage like everyone elses for the snow and i was having a conversation with my cousin (mechanical engineer) well he says i'm stupid because i don't have it jacked up and ill get flat spots? is that true or its not that serious because i'm going to drive in when the snows gone..... Last edited by khalsa013; 12-12-2010 at 11:30 AM.

12-12-2010, 06:26 AM	#2
rtcat600man having FUN now 13.66@101 Drives: 2010 2LT IOM Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Clarkston, Michigan Posts: 9,230 View My Garage	Do not jack it up and hang the suspension. Bad for the shocks and springs. Today's tires will flat spot slightly but not like the tires of years past. Best thing would be to over inflate the tires to around 45 PSI. In the spring just remember to reset the PSI and drive it. The flat spot will work themselves out shortly. If you want further info on this subject do a search on the forum, been discussed heavily. Lastly you can park it on some flat spot preventer's. These tend to help stop the flat spots from occurring. Again while searching for info you will see what others have done for this item. Good Luck __________________ MY BUILD

01-27-2011, 10:18 PM	#9
2010 SSRS Drives: 3 V8 Camaros Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Ocean State Posts: 111,187 View My Garage	my Camaro sat all last Winter and no flat spots and the battery did not die either. __________________ Jannetty Racing JRE Street Package

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