I'm gonna be out of the country for 6 months and I want to put my Camaro on jack stands. Last time I parked my car for too long the tires got wicked bad flat spots that took forever to go away.

So where's the best place to lift our cars from? And where would you put the jack stands?

-Thanks

 

I might just put it on curved wheel dollies instead. My car has all kinds of gnarly dents underneath from sitting on jack stands long term. Problem with jack stands is that it just isn't flat, and eventually the car is going to conform to the shape of the pad.

 

I had my car on jack stands for 7 or 8 months last winter, I had them under the rear axle or torque boxes and under the frame-rail sections in the front. if you don't want to dent/crease/scratch paint off the metal, just use a piece of wood in an old sock on the jack-stand pad.

Though, Qwktrip's idea is probably better than leaving it on stands for six months.

 

https://www.harborfreight.com/1500-l..._q=wheel+dolly


Use a 20% off coupon and buy them one pair at a time. I use them.
I wouldn't leave the suspension unloaded for too long and jacks under the front torque boxes would allow that to happen.
Subframe connectors short term also work great for jacking and jack stand locations. I welded some simple ones on my Camaro.

 

Under the axle tube in the rear and on the outer lip of the spring pockets in the front.

 

thought about suggesting axle tubes, but can they support the weight?

 

I jack it up from underneath the pumpkin and have been doing that for nearly two decades and never seen or heard of any issues. I put the jack stands under the axle tubes also and no issues.

 

Is six month sitting long enough to start causing tire flattening?

 

Well last year winter it happened to me. Granted Alaskan winters are longer than most, but for certain tires it can happen. I have Summer tires, and I think I read somewhere that those sportier tires with different tread compounds can be more prone to issues like that. Again I'm a car noob, but that's what I think I read somewhere; and regardless it happened to me and my expensive *** tires. Felt like I had a balance issue but when i took it to the shop, they told me the balance was good but the tires were awfully flat spotted.

 

You know, I actually wondered about this. I've read how twisty these cars can be, especially convertibles and that I really need to get some SFCs, so I wondered if I didn't have the car jack standed perfectly, would the frame twist over time?

I've seen those wheel dollies before but I forgot about them, I didn't know they were an option. Using these won't **** up my tires? I spent a lot of money on those bad boys and I'm not rich, so I just want to take good care of my baby as much as possible lol. It's a little late in the game, I leave in a couple weeks, but i'll check these out and the shipping times tomorrow morning.

Thanks for the suggestion.

 

I thought I read somewhere this can damage the diff? I'm not exactly sure how it would, but if it dented the cover and somehow interfered with the insides or something, but I just remember someone suggesting this and another going "uh uh uh!"