[Roadsters] Rear springs? (new question)

[E Scanlon]

I asked a friend of mine to confirm what I remembered, and he agreed with my 
recollection.

DON'T lift the car to the point where your tires are off the ground. 
Lifting it is not a bad idea, but only as far as removing the weight off the 
tires, and not off the ground.

While years ago a "flat spot" was something to avoid, nowdays that isn't as 
much of a problem.  However, the biggest problem with this is that even 
under the most spirited use, your car never gets airborne for an extended 
period of time (I did say extended for those of you speed bump jumpers and 
San Francisco Hill Stunt Drivers.), and as such you will now be applying 
pressure and stress to the complete opposite range of the normal motion of 
the suspension system.  Five months may be long enough to cause problems 
once you lower the car and put it back on the road.

As far as reversing the spring sag....nope.  Only if you were to apply 
enough downward pressure to effect a deformation of the spring....which is 
what they do when they re-arch them. They don't do that while they're 
mounted on the car.

2"
E

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Reynolds"

> Unlike you lucky dogs over there in California, up here in Canada we have
> to store our Roadsters for 5 months of winter. To prevent rear spring sag,
> is it worth it to store the car with the rear end elevated allowing the
> weight of the axle and wheels to put downward pressure on the springs?
> Could this even reverse mild spring sag?
>
> -Brian
> Toronto