Leaving DB9 on jack stands for 2 months

[Freidrich]

Hi,

How long do I dare to leave my 2008 DB9 on jack stands?

I need to send away the wheels for a refurb and might need to leave it for 6-8 weeks on jacks.

Im a bit confused with answers I find online. Some say it overstretches bushings some say that having it on jacks is the right way for long term storage.

If bushings are at risk, can I place the jacks somewhere else than the official jack points?

Very confused, so any help is highly appreciated!

It has the sports pack (if that matters)

[Jon39]

Connect your trickle charger and the car will be fine in storage for two months.

As concerns have been mentioned to you about suspension rubbers, after you have raised your car with jacks, I would then partly raise the suspension at each corner and support on timbers or other suitable items. Then all the rubber bushes would be in a more conventional position.

For winter storage, obviously with the road wheels still on, I inflate the tyres to a higher pressure and also push the car a couple of feet once a month, so a different portion of tyre is taking the weight. Has worked fine for many years. I did experience flat spots once, before I adopted this method, but some 'Italian' driving soon cured that.

Edited by Jon39 on Thursday 7th February 21:45

[john ryan]

Agreed. Simply support at the hubs/discs, away from the extreme droop position. This way you will replicate the wheels whilst avoiding a support under the lower suspension links

[Graze01]

Given that the wheels will be off the car do you really need to support the rotors? Or is it just a precaution? I would have thought they'd be ok

Graeme

[8Tech]

4 of these would solve the problem. I use one regularly when installing bushes to pre-load them to the settled position before tightening the mounting bolt.

https://www.welzh.com/hub-mate-supporting-adapter/