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Old 11-01-2007, 10:01 AM
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I don't like to have vehicles on stands unless I'm working on them

If you guys are talking about storing your cars on jack stands---I wouldn't do that
You are going to have the weight of the car on hard points that are not stressed to support the vehicles weight. Not to mention that if the floor, height of stands or the frame is unevevn/level you will be putting your car under a stress that will cause body alignment problems and possible even lead to stress cracks in the frame---

The only thing you are accomplishing is to unload the only parts of the car that are designed/engineered to hold the UNSPRUNG weight of the vehicle!!

Jerry
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