Best Winter Storage Methods for ZHP?

**Prestovie** · 12-22-2017, 09:21 AM

Hey guys so this winter I’ll be putting the ZHP in storage while I drive my Tundra as a daily. When I say storage it’s not going to be anything pristine, a friend of mine owns a row of garages and he’s letting me use one of the spaces.
What kind of prep should I be doing for the ZHP? I’ve never stored a car for the winter, last year I just put winter rubber on and had fun, but seeing that I actually have another vehicle now it would just seem careless to want to drive it this year.
The garage definitely isn’t heated, and I’m not sure how available any outlets are for a trickle charger.
Any advice is helpful! I’m cutting it close, but thankfully the Chicago winter is mild enough through December, but I want her indoors before January and February hit.

**BMWCurves** · 12-22-2017, 10:47 AM

I stored my car last year. I did a couple of things:

Filled the car with a new tank of gas
Used Red Line fuel stabilizer.
Swapped my wheels for my Style 135 wheels with old rubber that I cared about less.
Inflated the tires to ~45-50 PSI. An attempt to prevent flat spots in my tires and fluctuations with ambient temperature.
Parked the car on wood. I did this out of necessity because the barn I was parking the car in required planks but also because it’s softer than concrete and might help with preventing tire flat spots
Put the battery on a battery tender.
Placed moth balls and dryer sheets all around the car, engine bay, and tailpipe. Some dryer sheets in the cabin as well. This was to try and prevent mice and other small creatures from taking up residence in my car
Placed a car cover on the car to prevent dust and bird poo from getting on the car (I parked my car in a barn).

Hope that helps!

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**Vas** · 12-22-2017, 11:27 AM

My imola zhp is stored this winter in a garage. I got a battery tender jr from amazon and put extra air in the tires. That was the extent of my winter prep.

Gas tank does have fresh gas in it.

**Prestovie** · 12-22-2017, 12:31 PM

Extremely helpful advice, thank you for the extensive response Curves, battery tender seems to be a go-to

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**Sockethead** · 12-22-2017, 01:19 PM

There is always a little current draw from the battery with our cars so if you're not going to use a tender, you should pull the battery and store in a cool dry place. If the floor is concrete, put it on a block of wood. I don't let my car sit for more than a month or so without putting the charger on it. I do the same thing with the battery in my boat and golf cart.