Car storage question: Wax on? Wax off? Options

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I'm prepping a car for long term storage.

Under a car port but exposed to the elements and pests from the order "rodentia".

Going to get a healthy dose of mothballs.
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Cleaned and waxed before it goes.

Should I buff it or leave it as is?

Right now "Wax on- Heavy"

[technicalninja]

Nope, no Porsches were damaged in the creation of this thread.

This is the car in question:
https://granburyautoac.com/2004-mazda-speed-miata/

I built it for my friend Leonard; he had me do many, many, mods on the car.
In the last year it's gotten a Wilwood BBK on the front and 2K worth of new wheels and tires.

From the first time I returned it to service I claimed "right of first refusal" as part of the price of the job.

In a moment of in-attention he melted the engine and then offered it to me at a price that I could not refuse.

I was moving it BACK to his business as he also offered storage as I didn't have room for it in my shop. He's a good friend...

Now, in a moment of in-attention I seriously damaged it for the first time and he WILL NOT give me a break on the heckling he will deliver.

Exactly in the same way I'll not ever forget him pumping 12 gallons of DEF into his brand new truck.

I worried the trailer would be too narrow, I should have had another person to spot.

I had premonition of disaster. My squirrel-o-meter was going off and I didn't heed it.

The correct way of doing this was to call Acorn Towing and have it flatbeded to Leonard's shop.

Trying to save $125 I was a freaking dumb ass and caused 1K worth of damage on a car with three stage red paint. Metallic base, translucent red with a pearl gloss coat.
That's maybe the HARDEST color to match, it's spent most of its life outdoors, it's faded a bit and I'm just fucked...