I had a California cover on it for 2 winters, I anchored it down pretty good and had no issues with it freezing to paint or whipping around scratching paint. Snow didn't stick to it and water beads right off
I just swapped mine out last weekend. Just hang the brakes from the car and it's just nits and bolts. I used a tranny jack and it was a breeze. It took me an evening moving slow
I wrapped the top and bottom coil of my front springs with heater hose and it brought the ride height in the front up about a half inch. With that and the turbo kit up front, my car sits as high as it did with the eibach pro kits with the BMR drag springs on it now. Granted it's not a 500 and...