how to raise and secure the car

[der Geist]

I use the Rhino ramps as well for oil changes. For everything else I use jack stands. I was standing 3 feet from a car once when the factory jack slipped (chevy). My neighbor almost literaly lost his head. The bumper missed his head by less than 1/2". My father had a freind who was killed when a jack slipped on a car he just crawled under "for a quick look". Listen to burgboxsterand NEVER crawl under a car without it being securely blocked. Make sure to always use chocks or bricks to block the wheels, 2 on each tire. Don't trust your life to the e-brake.

[John V]

Ramps suck. Not enough clearance under them to do much of anything.

The rear is easy enough to jack up since there is a center jacking point. The front is more of a challenge. I notched the undertray in my car so I can use the factory jack point for the floor jack, and put a jackstand under the front subframe, slightly inboard of the jack.

You have to jack the car one corner at a time using this method, but it works fine.

[FTD]

I like to use ramps, with jack stands and chocks. I have been using ramps for years, and the Boxster had me stumped for a while while I tried to figure out my approach. Then one day, ding! [that's a bell], I realized just outside of the garage my driveway has a slope that would make backing up onto ramps bring my car essentially level, and the rear was up well high enough to do the oil change. Very cool. Wish I had taken a photo to share.

I am, however, going to get a hydraulic jack so I can get two wheels up now that I have a set of track wheels - and also plan to do my own brake work.