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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 08:33 AM
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Default Resting car on rear bumper support? Ok to do?

Well its that time again in canadia, WINTER!!!

So my coupe is going in to storage in my backyard, the turbo stuff has been taken off, the oil lines plugged and the wheels/suspension removed, there is one problem though.
My backyard has a concrete pad that the car is resting on, unfortunetly the pad is not long enough and right after it there is a slight slope to the ground, where the ground finally straightens out there is about a 6" change in elevation between the front and the back.
So the way I have it set up is the front has small jack stands right where the lift points are and the back is held up by big jackstands resting right on the joint between the rear frame and bumper support, this part looks very solid but I would like to get some feedback on this, last thing I need is my frame going out of spec.

Another option would be to go out and purchase a few cinder blocks and use thoes on the rear frame instrad of the jackstand, this would increase the surface area on the ground as well as on the rear frame which in turn would reduce the stress.
Old Oct 18, 2006 | 09:23 AM
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Should be fine. If it damages anything imagine how great that car would have been in a crash.
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