# Coilovers and cold weather question

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coilovers-and-cold-weather-question/111305>\
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [November 24, 2007, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coilovers-and-cold-weather-question/111305 "2007-11-24T08:54:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![DJPyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@DJPyro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DJPyro)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2007, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coilovers-and-cold-weather-question/111305/1 "2007-11-24T08:54:09Z")

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Now I know it’s supposed to be bad to run coils in the winter (read: blown suspension)… But what about storing them? As in, mounted on a car in an unheated storage area. They should be fine as long as they’re not being worked, correct?

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**Author:** ![Blue\_S13](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_s13/32/5563_2.png) [@Blue\_S13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_S13)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coilovers-and-cold-weather-question/111305/2 "2007-11-24T12:53:52Z")

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I’ve done it for the past 2 years and have had no problems. Yoy should be fine man.

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**Author:** ![DJPyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@DJPyro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DJPyro)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coilovers-and-cold-weather-question/111305/3 "2007-11-24T16:19:42Z")

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Fine to store them? (Reason I ask is because I’m winter driving my car, but I’ve got a set up with Dan to take his stock suspension for the winter (since he’s storing his car) and put mine on his car to sit on for the snowy months.

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**Author:** ![simplemind7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@simplemind7](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/simplemind7)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coilovers-and-cold-weather-question/111305/4 "2007-11-24T16:23:34Z")

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should be fine, i had a set of coil overs and took my rears out but left the fronts in for i forget what reason and winter drove that. fronts blew out but the backs still worked great in the spring.

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**Author:** ![DJPyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@DJPyro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DJPyro)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coilovers-and-cold-weather-question/111305/5 "2007-11-24T16:31:09Z")

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Right on. I figured it would be fine, since they’re not being worked, but I wanted to make sure, since the reason I’m pulling them off is to save them in the first place…

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**Author:** ![G-E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/g-e/32/5546_2.png) [@G-E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/G-E)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coilovers-and-cold-weather-question/111305/6 "2007-11-25T12:02:09Z")

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anyone ever turn them to full soft to try and prevent blow-out? it’s not like you really need high damping in winter anyway

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**Author:** ![DJPyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@DJPyro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DJPyro)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/coilovers-and-cold-weather-question/111305/7 "2007-11-25T12:20:55Z")

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I’m curious about that myself, but I’m not willing to sacrifice my coils to experiment…