How to jack car up without damaging side skirts? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Overdrive · 10-25-2010, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by kpm

As I just pointed out to my friend Christina ('00 S) these cars were built in Finland. How cold does it get up there ?

+1 there. I don't see these cars as not being worthy of winter driving. On the contrary, I figure if it was built to be driven on the Autobahn, it was built to be driven in the winter...on the Autobahn.

In keeping with the thread subject, that scissor jack trick sounds great...gotta keep that in mind.

JoeFromPA · 10-25-2010, 10:43 AM

JTP - Just sent you a PM....again, sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Been over a month since I logged in to the forum, sadly.

OP - I haven't used the boxster scissor jack, but I absolutely hate scissor jacks. Feel they are dangerous.

If you simply need a bit more height to get your jack underneath, I recommend driving up on 4 blocks of 2x4s for an extra 1.5" of clearance.

Also, I have this jack: http://www.harborfreight.com/rapid-pump-4000-lb-capacity-lightweight-low-profile-aluminum-racing-jack-92782.html

Despite a few of the reviews, I can tell you that it will get just about anywhere under the boxster and lift it effortlessly. I just swapped on my blizzaks with this + a 2-ton jack stand and, aside from the PITA that are wheel studs (instead of lugnuts), it was a piece of cake

mts · 10-27-2010, 05:23 AM

I use a hockey puck and it works very well with the side skirts. I got the idea from the local Porsche master tech so people have obviously been doing it that way for a while.

Boxtaboy · 10-27-2010, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by mts

I use a hockey puck and it works very well with the side skirts. I got the idea from the local Porsche master tech so people have obviously been doing it that way for a while.

So if you use a hockey puck, the puck still touches part of the underside of the skirt in the rear portion, but doesn't deform it while lifting?

To give people without skirts on their cars an idea of why I'm concerned, below is a pic of one of my skirts being prepped for install, and you can see the rear of the skirt where there is a lot extending below the side sills under the car...

mts · 10-27-2010, 05:36 AM

The hockey puck doesn't touch the skirts at all on my car.

Boxtaboy · 10-27-2010, 05:38 AM

Ok, thx. The jacking point is right next to the skirt on my car, so the puck would be very close to the skirt.

Perfectlap · 10-27-2010, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by JoeFromPA

JTP - Just sent you a PM....again, sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Been over a month since I logged in to the forum, sadly.

OP - I haven't used the boxster scissor jack, but I absolutely hate scissor jacks. Feel they are dangerous.

If you simply need a bit more height to get your jack underneath, I recommend driving up on 4 blocks of 2x4s for an extra 1.5" of clearance.

Also, I have this jack: http://www.harborfreight.com/rapid-pump-4000-lb-capacity-lightweight-low-profile-aluminum-racing-jack-92782.html

Despite a few of the reviews, I can tell you that it will get just about anywhere under the boxster and lift it effortlessly. I just swapped on my blizzaks with this + a 2-ton jack stand and, aside from the PITA that are wheel studs (instead of lugnuts), it was a piece of cake

great jack. I used it at an autocross once, toss in a great impact gun like a Bosch and one of those red torque attachments...you're doing all four corners in 10 minutes.