First, welcome to the forum.
Based on your description, you are more then qualified to do most jobs on the boxster.
(suspension swap?
).
You will find this car to be very easy to work on (surprisingly)
The best 3 tool you can buy, are (in that order):
The book "101 projects for your Boxster"
The Boxster "Bentley book"
Durametric diagnostic tool.
The two books will show you all the common fixes for the car, in a step by step manor.
The diagnostic tool will help you find any issue that might come up.
Using the books, you can look at one project at a time, and prepare your self with the correct tools for the job ( that's what I do).
Ha. And I forgot the most important one.
This forum. :dance: