SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: Winter Storage: To Lift or Not Lift?
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Winter Storage: To Lift or Not Lift?
Hi folks. Thought I’d gauge best practices from those most knowledgeable here. How do you store your car? Obviously, a battery maintainer on at least the consumer battery is a given. What do you do about your suspension?
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Both batteries on a tender, fuel stabilizer (if not started for a few months) and an odor/moisture absorbent (something like ) in the interior.
To my understanding, we have some leeway with regard to which height setting we can leave the ABC suspension on. Ideally, you'd want to start it once a month and cycle the suspension a few times to circulate the fluids.
To my understanding, we have some leeway with regard to which height setting we can leave the ABC suspension on. Ideally, you'd want to start it once a month and cycle the suspension a few times to circulate the fluids.
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Both batteries on a tender, fuel stabilizer (if not started for a few months) and an odor/moisture absorbent (something like this) in the interior.
To my understanding, we have some leeway with regard to which height setting we can leave the ABC suspension on. Ideally, you'd want to start it once a month and cycle the suspension a few times to circulate the fluids.
To my understanding, we have some leeway with regard to which height setting we can leave the ABC suspension on. Ideally, you'd want to start it once a month and cycle the suspension a few times to circulate the fluids.
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I just put a battery tender on my acess. battery and I start the car once every two to three weeks and cycle through the ABC settings a few times. If the roads are clear I'll run it around for about 15 to 20 mins.
Do this a few times and the winter is more or less over.
Do this a few times and the winter is more or less over.
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R230 SL500; previously 280CE and 180E.
Mercedes recommends ensuring the front wheels are in the straight-ahead position for storage in case the suspension drops significantly; this is a preventative measure to prevent fender damage.
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Have done the following for many years with good luck on an SL55 and other vehicles stored in a garage. Has eliminated the lifting procedure:
- Inflate tires to 50 PSI. Picked this idea up from one of the BMW forums. I do it on all of my stored vehicles and it has eliminated flat spotting.
- Maintainers on both batteries. I have permanent pigtails with quick connects on both batteries. Comes in handy to keep the consumer battery charged when vehicle sits for a few weeks in summer, also. I have noticed that when the consumer battery is on it's own maintainer by itself (no maintainer on starter battery), the starter battery also charges. But, when starter battery is on it's own maintainer by itself (no maintainer on the consumer battery), the consumer battery does not charge.
- Dustop car cover with windows all the way open.
- A couple of geolite bags and container of gel bead air freshener in the interior.
- Inflate tires to 50 PSI. Picked this idea up from one of the BMW forums. I do it on all of my stored vehicles and it has eliminated flat spotting.
- Maintainers on both batteries. I have permanent pigtails with quick connects on both batteries. Comes in handy to keep the consumer battery charged when vehicle sits for a few weeks in summer, also. I have noticed that when the consumer battery is on it's own maintainer by itself (no maintainer on starter battery), the starter battery also charges. But, when starter battery is on it's own maintainer by itself (no maintainer on the consumer battery), the consumer battery does not charge.
- Dustop car cover with windows all the way open.
- A couple of geolite bags and container of gel bead air freshener in the interior.
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Have done the following for many years with good luck on an SL55 and other vehicles stored in a garage. Has eliminated the lifting procedure:
- Inflate tires to 50 PSI. Picked this idea up from one of the BMW forums. I do it on all of my stored vehicles and it has eliminated flat spotting.
- Maintainers on both batteries. I have permanent pigtails with quick connects on both batteries. Comes in handy to keep the consumer battery charged when vehicle sits for a few weeks in summer, also. I have noticed that when the consumer battery is on it's own maintainer by itself (no maintainer on starter battery), the starter battery also charges. But, when starter battery is on it's own maintainer by itself (no maintainer on the consumer battery), the consumer battery does not charge.
- Dustop car cover with windows all the way open.
- A couple of geolite bags and container of gel bead air freshener in the interior.
- Sea Foam in the tank.
- Inflate tires to 50 PSI. Picked this idea up from one of the BMW forums. I do it on all of my stored vehicles and it has eliminated flat spotting.
- Maintainers on both batteries. I have permanent pigtails with quick connects on both batteries. Comes in handy to keep the consumer battery charged when vehicle sits for a few weeks in summer, also. I have noticed that when the consumer battery is on it's own maintainer by itself (no maintainer on starter battery), the starter battery also charges. But, when starter battery is on it's own maintainer by itself (no maintainer on the consumer battery), the consumer battery does not charge.
- Dustop car cover with windows all the way open.
- A couple of geolite bags and container of gel bead air freshener in the interior.
- Sea Foam in the tank.
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