Was fortunate enough to get a car I never thought I would own. Thank you for this simple break down on picking her up. Getting ready to remove rims/calipers for some powder coating then in July applying a wrap!
I am someone who enjoys working on my vehicles and found myself frequently asking, “am I going this right?”. The one area I don’t have direct training in, and so I appreciate this video. Well done and thank you.
One additional piece of advice is to push on the car a few times once it’s on jack stands. If you can push on the car without it budging or wobbling, you can safely work under it. I typically need to work on slightly angled pavement and doing this helps me to know beforehand if I need to adjust a jack stand. Thanks for the great vid!
You can do it in stages. Jack up enough to get some wood under the wheels. Lower it on the wood. Then put wood on your jack to give the extra height you need.
Nice...while I have those "regular" jack stands (as you have) for our other cars, I borrow my friend's Esco's for my 987 Boxster (and the exact same color as yours) but after watching yours I may try the wooden block. Does the length of those wooden blocks matter? I feel like those wooden blocks can be a bit shorter perhaps?
Yes the Esco's are excellent. Wooden blocks can work just as well; you are correct that they could all be smaller, around four inches long or so seems ideal
Was fortunate enough to get a car I never thought I would own. Thank you for this simple break down on picking her up. Getting ready to remove rims/calipers for some powder coating then in July applying a wrap!
I am someone who enjoys working on my vehicles and found myself frequently asking, “am I going this right?”. The one area I don’t have direct training in, and so I appreciate this video. Well done and thank you.
Thank you! Very clear instructions!
One additional piece of advice is to push on the car a few times once it’s on jack stands. If you can push on the car without it budging or wobbling, you can safely work under it. I typically need to work on slightly angled pavement and doing this helps me to know beforehand if I need to adjust a jack stand. Thanks for the great vid!
Really well done explanation, thank you
beautiful
Cool 😎
On my 987 my 2.25 ton jack will not get the car high enough to get the jack stands under, so consider height capability in addition to tonnage.
You can do it in stages. Jack up enough to get some wood under the wheels. Lower it on the wood. Then put wood on your jack to give the extra height you need.
Nice...while I have those "regular" jack stands (as you have) for our other cars, I borrow my friend's Esco's for my 987 Boxster (and the exact same color as yours) but after watching yours I may try the wooden block. Does the length of those wooden blocks matter? I feel like those wooden blocks can be a bit shorter perhaps?
Yes the Esco's are excellent. Wooden blocks can work just as well; you are correct that they could all be smaller, around four inches long or so seems ideal
Great tutorial…! Thank you, VERY much. Perfect timing as I need all four wheels up next week.
Is there no front subframe then?
No “official” (or widely accepted) front jacking points besides the two mentioned in this video that I am aware of
@@MSWMotorsports You’re usually fine jacking on a front subframe