renato902

Just put in my 95 LS in for winter earlier today. I used an oil stabilizer and a fuel stabilizer and let it run for about 1 hour before i put it in. Seeing that it's not stored in my house (appartment), I won't be able to visit it during its stay. I also disconnected the battery. When it comes out in spring, I'm planning to fix my rear quarter panel rust, slam it on Megans, and get a decent set of VIP style rims. That's gonna fetch easily around $5,000. Everyone from in and around Montreal knows how freakin' harsh our winters can be, the Lexus doesn't deserve that treatment. I have a winter beater, my Suzuki Esteem Wagon 1.8 with Vredestein ArcTrac's (studded) and it just doesn't get stuck Basically, the reason why I'm writing this is to find out what I could've done to store it in a more proper fashion next year. Any ideas?

PureDrifter

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did you check the antifreeze?

renato902

No, I didn't check the antifreeze. I'm not sure as to why I would need to check it, can you explain? It's also worth mentioning that the car is in a heated garage.

PureDrifter

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because if it was outside it would make a pretty big difference...

renato902

I see, thanks for the info Pure Do know where I can get some VIP style rims in Canada.. i.e.: AME Shallen LXs, Work Eurolines.. ? If you know of RBWheels.com, can they be trusted?

Thermactor

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Don't tell me that...

renato902

Oh man, hurry up and check it out

Thermactor

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Well, the car's been sitting in 10 degree F weather with an unknown coolant/water mix, and I just checked it - the block isn't cracked
So when the weather gets above freezing I'm going to drain out the rad and put a proper antifreeze mix in.

renato902

Yup make sure you do that man.. wouldn't want any bad surprises in the spring

Thermactor

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Safe! I drained the old stuff out. Although the coolant mixture was pretty low, maybe about 25 percent, it still didn't freeze on me. I then filled it up with distilled water and ran it with the heater on and the thermostat removed, and drained that. Then I repeated the process... and drained that! Then I filled it up with a jug of Prestone extended life, warmed up the car, and shut her down. Ready for winter.

renato902

Glad that's out of the way for you Thermactor, I wouldn't have wanted to see a "My LS is dead" post in the spring

P.S.: It looks like we're having a "who can have the most thumb emoticons in one post" battle