Boxster Spyder Rear Jacking

[A44man]

I need to jack up the complete rear of my Spyder so that I can place axle stands underneath the factory jacking points, so where is the best place to position my trolley jack to lift the rear?

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[hopeydaze]

One solution I have seen discussed is to jack the car up using the rear jacking points, then place ramps under the rear wheels, then put axle stands under the jacking points so that you can remove the rear wheels or properly access the rear of the car.

Pieces of wood could be used instead of ramps.

[Rockster]

My advice is if you need to get the car in the air buy (dare I say invest?) in a small hydraulic lift that raises the car using the only safe points I know of to lift/support the car. The lift pads specifically designed to hold the weight of the car or possibly with adapters or sub-platform if the lift maker offers these by the wheels/tires.

These are the ways the cars are lifted in the dealer service bays.

While owners lift these cars all sorts of crazy ways I'd not touch a car that was treated this way.

If I need the rear of the car in the air without having to remove the tires/wheels I just back the car up on Rhino Ramps.

[hopeydaze]

One solution I have seen discussed is to jack the car up using the rear jacking points, then place ramps under the rear wheels, then put axle stands under the jacking points so that you can remove the rear wheels or properly access the rear of the car.

Pieces of wood could be used instead of ramps.

[hopeydaze]

One solution I have seen discussed is to jack the car up using the rear jacking points, then place ramps under the rear wheels, then put axle stands under the jacking points so that you can remove the rear wheels or properly access the rear of the car.

Pieces of wood could be used instead of ramps.

[hopeydaze]

One solution I have seen discussed is to jack the car up using the rear jacking points, then place ramps under the rear wheels, then put axle stands under the jacking points so that you can remove the rear wheels or properly access the rear of the car.

Pieces of wood could be used instead of ramps.

[A44man]

Thanks guys, I've owned over 30 cars during the years and its always been possible to jack them up using an alternative position in order to place axle stands under the correct jacking points. The front of the Spyder isn't a problem just simply trolley jack on the reinforced section of the chassis rail inboard from the front jacking point and then place the axle stand on the jacking point. The rear is far less obvious, the most obvious place being the large crossmember, some interesting solutions so far.

[MogulBoy]

I believe that the area the cmoose is referring to is as per my hand drawn red circle added to the image below that I pinched from a Pelican Parts guide...

Of course, you would need a long reach/low entry jack to get in there and an ice hockey puck is the default rubber pad that you might want to use to avoid leaving any marks...



The Pelican Parts site has some other useful links... including this one that shows alternative lifting points on either side that may be of use - again, only with a suitable jack...



Also worth a look is the following link that includes some sneaky scans from the Bentley manual that you rarely find online.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/boxster-cayman-foru...

P.S. Not everyone knows this but if you jack the car from the either one of the two rear jacking points you can lift the whole side of the car to change two wheels at a time etc. I apprecicate that you want to lift both rear wheels though so that this tip does not apply...

P.P.S. If you don't have the correct long/low jack there is another, more risky, approach which would be to use some wood [2x2x12-24???]to spread the load and the use a regular trolly jack under the sill area near the rear jacking point. This does of course carry some risk of damage or worse as the wood may give a bit and any spreading of the load could quickly disappear triggering a bout of swearing at best.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/boxster-cayman-foru...

Edited by MogulBoy on Wednesday 11th September 12:31

[steve singh]

On my various cars i would normally drive onto some raised wood, which would give enough clearance at the rear to get th jack to the required location.